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> not just things the left and right disagree on. Yes, but the objectively false statements that the left and right don't disagree on are not politics. Politi
by ovi256 6y ago
> not just things the left and right disagree on.
Yes, but the objectively false statements that the left and right don't disagree on are not politics.
Politics is pretty much what's left that we disagree on, that can't be settled objectively in other domains. And is an expression of people's values, like what's the right way to live a good life, is there even more than one, who's gonna get the rare exclusive things in life that we can't all get (e.g. apartments with views on Central Park or your local equivalent).
There's enough variation in these values that we can't agree on these things and they conflict. Hence, politics.
- DavidSJ 6y agoWhatever you want to call it, it's clear that the left and right disagree about actual objective facts, not merely goals or their policy agenda, and that these disagreements drive (and are driven by — the causality can run in multiple directions) political support and decision-making. Right now there's a big debate about whether there was widespread fraud in our recent election (though I would be remiss not to point out that there doesn't seem to be any credible evidence for that). That's a politicized factual dispute, the adjudication of which (by which I don't merely mean in courts or the Electoral College or what-have-you, but also in the public's perception) will have fairly profound real-world consequences for some years to come. That is one of many recent examples of these sorts of politicized factual disputes.