Let's say for the sake of argument that all of the water levels rise by let's say five feet

Over the next hundred years say 10 feet you think that people aren't going to just sell their homes and move

Just one small problem sell Sell their houses to who, Ben?

Fquaman!

It will kind of surprise to you that there is an ideological battle going on in this country.

More than one in fact.

A great deal of media attention has been paid to the fact that political polarization has grown

over the last few decades, with Americans increasingly not just seeing each other as having a difference

of opinion, but as being, quote, a threat to the nation's well-being.

As we discussed on episode 10 of the podcast, the response from some liberals to far-right activists

pulling the country to the right has been to pivot to the center.

The result has been growing ideological discord among the broader left,

as more and more Americans find themselves without a comfortable ideological home.

These ideological battles are being fought all over the country in wide-ranging environments.

Back in 2016, there were a proliferation of articles about how to talk to your Trump-supporting

relatives at Thanksgiving, which fell just a couple of weeks after the election.

These center table discussions reflected the war being fought between competing news sources,

as Fox News branded its content the real thing, while less conservative outlets like CNN and

MSNBC declared themselves to be genuinely fair and balanced sources.

But increasingly, Americans eager for some semblance of authenticity in the corporate

news cycle have been looking elsewhere.

This includes independent media outlets like the intercept,

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