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Survivor’s David Kinne Stands by His Meat-Shield Alliance

“Joe is supposed to be my equal, but he was a very brittle man, and his ego was touchy.”

Survivor 48’s David Kinne felt like a throwback to a previous era of the show, when buff men ruled the land and questions of “honor” and “loyalty” were top of mind for players. New Era Survivor is defined by wily competitors using their knowledge of past seasons to fly under the radar before ultimately making one or two well-planned attacks, and one of its most common winning strategies involves keeping physical players around to distract the competition from the smarties. Kinne, a muscle man keen to dominate through sheer willpower, pulled together a crew of macho men (plus Eva) to excel at challenges and keep one another in play, and he preached integrity while voting out former allies, like Chrissy, who didn’t quite fit into his plan.

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