The highly fanciful Venn diagram makes a good tale and that's about all! On the right, national socialists are very few. The very 'right' label is suspect most of the time, tho' some on the right are nutters equally as screwed as their opposites on the left. Most conservatives by far trust to daily common sense. Barring in small towns and rural areas conservatives even attend church or synagogue much less.
Good column! And I agree, but it makes me feel kinda hopeless so maybe you have some advice. I feel that people have become intellectually lazy and un-curious, so it’s much easier to accept what your neighbors and friends are saying than to fact-check and analyze the party line. I’m thinking about how Mamdani chose to respond to the bomb thrown at Gracie Apts: he wrote a long letter and gave a long speech in which he outlined the complexities and failings of both sides of protesters. And took a hard line against violence. That kind of long form communication, like your blog actually, seems like it’s dying a slow death as it attempts to compete with flashy short vids that tap into our need for endorphin flooding.
The horseshoe of communism on one side and national socialism on the other…
The highly fanciful Venn diagram makes a good tale and that's about all! On the right, national socialists are very few. The very 'right' label is suspect most of the time, tho' some on the right are nutters equally as screwed as their opposites on the left. Most conservatives by far trust to daily common sense. Barring in small towns and rural areas conservatives even attend church or synagogue much less.
Good column! And I agree, but it makes me feel kinda hopeless so maybe you have some advice. I feel that people have become intellectually lazy and un-curious, so it’s much easier to accept what your neighbors and friends are saying than to fact-check and analyze the party line. I’m thinking about how Mamdani chose to respond to the bomb thrown at Gracie Apts: he wrote a long letter and gave a long speech in which he outlined the complexities and failings of both sides of protesters. And took a hard line against violence. That kind of long form communication, like your blog actually, seems like it’s dying a slow death as it attempts to compete with flashy short vids that tap into our need for endorphin flooding.
I don't think it's hopeless at all and there's plenty of people willing to discuss issues without being angry, overly emotional or mob-brained