 Does tribalism undercut honesty? Yeah, I mean of course. Tribalism has the theory of truth under tribalism, whatever the tribe believes. So tribalism undercuts facts. It undercuts reality. It undercuts truth. And the basis of honesty is truth. The most important person to be honest to is yourself. The virtue of honesty and objectivism is not about lying or not lying to other people. It's about a commitment to reality. A commitment to the facts. A commitment to truth. And yet, if the tribe is supreme, then truth is not supreme. See, in objectivism, truth is supreme. Reality is supreme. What is, is supreme. But for tribalism it isn't. For tribalism it's whatever the tribe wants. Whatever the tribe believes. Whatever the tribe upholds. That is what is supreme. That is the standard for everything. So truth, honesty, reason, rationality is out the window. Tribalism is, you know, is a primitive form of collectivism. It's such an unsophisticated form of collectivism that, you know, it's not just everybody, you know, that you have to maximize everybody's wellbeing. It's only, no, we're only going to maximize the wellbeing of the people who look like me who belong to my tribe, to my little group, to my subgroup within. And I hated tribalism and denounced tribalism and it's anti everything she believed in. It's anti her metaphysics, her epistemology, her ethics and her politics. So absolutely tribalism undercuts honesty. It undercuts every one of the virtues. Every single one of them. What we need today, what I call the new intellectual would be any man or woman who is willing to think. Meaning any man or woman who knows that man's life must be guided by reason, by the intellect. Not by feelings, wishes, wins or mystic revelations. Any man or woman who values his life and who does not want to give in to today's cult of despair, cynicism and impotence and does not intend to give up the world to the dark ages and to the role of the collectivist. Using the super chat and I noticed yesterday when I appealed for support for the show, many of you step forward and actually supported the show for the first time. So I'll do it again. Maybe we'll get some more today. If you like what you're hearing, if you appreciate what I'm doing, then I appreciate your support. Those of you who don't yet support the show, please take this opportunity. Go to your own book show dot com slash support or go to subscribe star dot com your own book show and and make a kind of a monthly contribution to keep this to keep this going. I'm not sure when the next