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This is a huge meta-issue that I wish people would watch out for. When one says "Libertarians are wrong about X", and someone answers (as several did here) tha
by fenomas 9y ago
This is a huge meta-issue that I wish people would watch out for.
When one says "Libertarians are wrong about X", and someone answers (as several did here) that Libertarians don't necessarily believe X, you're not arguing about X but about the definition of the word "Libertarian". But all too often that argument can then continue indefinitely, with both parties thinking they're arguing about X, even though they may not actually disagree about anything except definitions of terms.
- highd 9y agoExactly. Not to mention the inevitable "No true Scotsman!". This is the fundamental root of the degradation of political discourse over the past few decades, IMO. Conversations without labels I've found almost inevitably result in previously opposed party members finding common ground and shared paths to improvements. Policy discussion should revolve around 2 questions, IMO: 1) What should the world be like? 2) What could be done to make the world like we want? People will often find that different aspects of those two questions cut across party-line ideologies in surprising ways.