Politics are a Dead End
It's increasingly clear to me that political orientation is a hardwired set of neurological biases which shape our perceptions of the world. Rooted in powerfully visceral mammalian and reptilian identifications, the abstractions of idealized logics are superficial afterthoughts - a straw man demolition derby where naively engorged perspectives
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I agree with you somewhat. I do believe poltical views begin in sentiments and the intensity with which they are experienced. I also suspect there is variation in the ability to work with abstraction afoot.
There is, however, one aspect of modern liberalism that I think is nothing more than a wıllingly unexamined assumption. That I cannot tolerate. I'm talking about the business of "progressives" who are not only certain they know what is best for others but will proudly shove it down their throats. My idea of progressivism would be leaving others the hell alone except to act as a ref and ensure a level playing field. And no, that cannot extend to rectifying conditions of birth beyond ensuring equality of opportunity. Because we are just too flawed ever to permit ourselves that much power. I fear the self-assured. I fear those who use government to force unsettled, contextual abstractions they insist can be politically defined, such as "equality of result" or "fairness." Fairness is equal treatment for all. Unequal treatment now that claims to serve some more perfect political realization of "equal" ... that doesn't even make any sense. Politics should disavow any earthly utopia as a First Precept.
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