The very concept of there only being two possible sides covering all the details and combinations of social and political opinions on the ruling of an entire country is itself a perfect illustration of that stupidity.
Unless the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle.
I didn’t expect that people would get stuck on the side part of my comment or I would have written that all sides can make that argument. The important part is that everybody thinks that the others must be stupid because everybody themselves always acts to the best of their knowledge.
Resolutions of conflicts that split society cannot be won by insisting on being right. There needs to be an understanding of the motivations of the others that needs to go beyond the assumptions that have already been made. Otherwise it comes down to crushing their will and removing their power, or the split will continue.
fun fact: using the phrase “both sides” demonstrates a bit of what he’s talking about!
The very concept of there only being two possible sides covering all the details and combinations of social and political opinions on the ruling of an entire country is itself a perfect illustration of that stupidity.
Unless the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle.
I didn’t expect that people would get stuck on the side part of my comment or I would have written that all sides can make that argument. The important part is that everybody thinks that the others must be stupid because everybody themselves always acts to the best of their knowledge.
Resolutions of conflicts that split society cannot be won by insisting on being right. There needs to be an understanding of the motivations of the others that needs to go beyond the assumptions that have already been made. Otherwise it comes down to crushing their will and removing their power, or the split will continue.