I disagree that the progressives need to do that- as a conservative myself. I think both sides need to take a step back. Here's the process I would follow: 1)

I disagree that the progressives need to do that- as a conservative myself. I think both sides need to take a step back. Here's the process I would follow: 1) Agree on a set of problems are valid problems faced by everybody- say high cost of housing, expensive healthcare, crumbling infrastructure, police violence, children being raised in single-parent households, a completely worthless education system, non-compete agreements, war on drugs, prison reform, etc. Maybe someone thinks one problem is more important than others, but it doesn't matter- pretty much everybody can agree that these are problems. You don't need to trivialize things that other people think are important. 2) Discuss the causes of the problems. Again, there might be disagreement, but you can get some facts. If you approach it as a problem to be solved, people can agree. 3) Discuss possible solutions to the problems. Doesn't need to be 100%, and think about how hard these solutions are to implement. For example, with police serving warrants- maybe you limit it to waking hours, except for hostage situations or some immediate emergency. That's low hanging fruit. If you can fix a bunch of small things, it can still make a big difference. Whenever I discuss politics with people, that's how I approach it. You can't take an all or nothing approach, it's just not feasible. But if we break down big problems into small problems that people can understand, we can slowly make progress.