Maybe a better way to put it is politics is an arena where every person can have an opinion that's contrary to what is common, and still have good reasons (even

Maybe a better way to put it is politics is an arena where every person can have an opinion that's contrary to what is common, and still have good reasons (even after we look closely) for it being so. We can both believe that the world works in a certain way but have differing views on what to do, simply from having different values. For example, we can both think that higher taxes harm business, or that higher taxes can be used to equalize opportunities, but have differing views on what is good to do.