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I’m completely failing to communicate what I am trying to say- and you are mapping it to a totally incorrect idea. I am talking about a person that thinks strat
by _yb2s 2y ago
I’m completely failing to communicate what I am trying to say- and you are mapping it to a totally incorrect idea. I am talking about a person that thinks strategically and creatively about solving real world problems, and does not think about the world through a simple dogmatic black and white story where everything is a zero-sum war between a "good" and a "bad" group. That does not at all mean they ignore or are indifferent to politics, but their political views are much more complex than one binary bit of information. I have really nothing to add other than you could consider rereading it with the assumption you misunderstood.
You’re also missing the point that this is about what I look for in someone I want to date- it’s fine if you don’t feel the same.
As an aside, those things you mentioned are indeed great historical triumphs I care deeply about- and were in fact architected by people that saw things as I do. You are only understanding part of the story- and without the whole thing you could not replicate it yourself.
Politics in a democracy is downstream of cultural and technological changes- you have to make that change first, and the political change will follow. The people creating the new ideas, the people leading the cultural changes, and the people leading the final political and legislative changes are all important, but also all very different types of people with different skill sets and personalities.
I’ll also add that all political parties have a simple narrative that essentially all big problems are caused by their opponents opposition. The truth is, problems can’t actually be solved with blind application of ideology. Most of the big problems humans face together, we don't have great solutions for yet. There are pockets of the USA for example where one party or the other has total control, and locally implements their entire agenda, and it always turns out awful for both parties- their ideas only seem like they could work until you actually try them.
As young adult I was very naive and very politically active on the left. Eventually I moved to like minded places where the things I had been fighting for had already been implemented. I had already seen, from the rural area where I grew up that the ideas from the right didn't work great. I was horrified to learn that the ideas from the left just didn’t work either- good intentions can’t make up for bad ideas.