Reality Matters

diffuse but real alignment forms the broader reality-based community.

RBC exists to make that community visible and consequential. It does not take sides in policy debates. It is nonpartisan but not neutral: it takes sides with evidence—regardless of who benefits.

As the broader reality-based community becomes more visible, legitimacy becomes harder to sustain without grounding in reality.

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You’re Not Imagining This

What feels unsettling now isn’t just disagreement or polarization. It’s the sense that shared reality itself is slipping.

Arguments circle without landing. Claims harden rather than soften when confronted with evidence.

Power is acting with fewer constraints—and less accountability.

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This Didn't Happen By Accident

Commitment to fact and evidence already exists across political and cultural lines. That diffuse but real alignment forms the broader reality-based community.

RBC exists to make that community visible and consequential. It does not take sides in policy debates. It is nonpartisan but not neutral: it takes sides with evidence—regardless of who benefits.

As the broader reality-based community becomes more visible, legitimacy becomes harder to sustain without grounding in reality.

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When Reality Loses Its Grip

When false narratives harden into identity, entire constituencies become unreachable by evidence.

Power operates without correction—norms broken, the rule of law weakened, institutions hollowed—not by force alone, but by permission granted through falsehood and sustained distortion.

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A Different Kind of Response

Commitment to fact and evidence already exists across political and cultural lines. That diffuse but real alignment forms the broader reality-based community.

RBC exists to make that community visible and consequential. It does not take sides in policy debates. It is nonpartisan but not neutral: it takes sides with evidence—regardless of who benefits.

As the broader reality-based community becomes more visible, legitimacy becomes harder to sustain without grounding in reality.

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The Card

It begins with a simple card—a small, inexpensive token by design. Take it seriously or lightly—it’s a visible signal that facts still matter. Its power lies in accumulation.

Anchored in a short creed—Aspire to Truth. Demand Truth. Aspire inward: stay curious, informed, and open to correction. Demand outward: expect and insist that those who hold influence or power do the same.

Get the Card

Start with the $5 card. Carry it, share it, or keep it as a personal reminder. However you use it, you help make commitment to evidence visible.

Small signals, repeated and recognized, shift expectations—and legitimacy.

This is how reality starts to matter again.

Explore More:

Deep Dive — deeper explanation of the issues and RBC’s vision.
Guide to the Tools of Falsehood — a practical glossary for recognizing distortion in action.

The Card