Well said. The challenge is that good politics is not always nice. As a general principle, much of modern Western thought seems to be obsessed with minimizing

Well said. The challenge is that good politics is not always nice. As a general principle, much of modern Western thought seems to be obsessed with minimizing any sort of discomfort in the present moment, regardless of whether that discomfort is a temporary and necessary phase one must pass through in order to reach a better future.