Post AEQzb8OcWNzz5P9rqi by petit@social.ufeff.club
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 (DIR) Post #AEQyHISlHeQgYu4WrA by emacsen@emacsen.net
       2021-12-15T16:39:55Z
       
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       While I lean more left than right, I say to my lefty friends that my goal is moving things forward, finding real solutions and areas of collaboration.If we don't agree on everything- that needs to be okay. I believe in some parts of socialism and not others, but not full on communism.If someone can accept that, I can accept your views so long as we're working to make the world a better place together.
       
 (DIR) Post #AEQzb8OcWNzz5P9rqi by petit@social.ufeff.club
       2021-12-15T17:04:53.557835Z
       
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       @emacsen You might enjoy Karl Popper's "Aestheticism, Perfectionism, Utopianism" chapter in The Open Society and Its Enemies.You also reminded me of Orwell's criticism of counter-culture and revolutionaries, "The ruling power is always faced with the question, "In such and such circumstances, what should you *do*?", whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions." It's easy for malcontents to howl for blood and craft intricate pipe dreams. Reality never gets a chance to slap them awake.