One that really gets me is "Big Government" - we are the government. What you mean is "Big Unaccountable Organization" - which can just as easily be Big Busines

One that really gets me is "Big Government" - we are the government. What you mean is "Big Unaccountable Organization" - which can just as easily be Big Business or in some cases Big NGO/Nonprofit/Religion/etc. I know that my comments do not address the original meaning of "Big Government", but over time "Big Government" has come to encompass anything the government does. Apparently including things that I depend on, but don't know about because they just silently work. Until someone turns them off. Also, remember (or learn) that it was Carter, not Reagan that the bulk of the deregulation. See Dan Davies - Unaccountability Machine --- The version of the narrative that we fight about is the stupidest version of that subject. Gamer's Gate taught me this. From the outside, everyone looked like stupid assholes. I definitely have more empathy for one side vs the other, but each side's narrative is forced into the minimal version that carries the most moral weight. The great tragedy is that we use the moral narrative that appeals to US, not to THEM or even to BYSTANDERS. See Jonathon Haidt - Righteous Mind And Amanda Ripley - High Conflict --- I think the greatest qualities of humanity are curiosity, humility, patience and empathy. To me, nonviolence is not about naivety or tolerance of evil or being unprepared, it's about maintaining the ability to learn about the world and the people in it. Historically nonviolence has been one component of a diversity of strategies - nonviolence itself implies the possibility of violence. The emotion of anger makes people feel right and righteous in themselves - no matter if they are helping or hurting overall. A person's anger does not know what side they are on. Anger makes the world much, much simpler. Our current political environment does not allow for complex problems or complex understanding of other people's needs. You have to fit in my simple worldview. You have to be exactly as angry as I am at all the people I'm angry at. No matter who you feel started this or who you blame, this is all happening inside each of us. We are all being exploited and treated like broken toys. The fight is making us all act and speak very, very stupidly. So if you feel like you have to fight, and you already know who to fight and how to fight them - I am not trying to change that. I am NOT saying that "the other side" has a valid point of view or that the other side has some good people. I am saying that the other side is made of flawed people each with their own history. I am asking you to find some time for curiosity, humility, patience, and empathy for the humans in the world. The tragedy of all anti-war movies is that they show us the horror and terror and destruction of war ... but 'this' is the fight we need to fight, this fight is needed, this fight is good. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42261315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42261315