That's desirable, but, for the reason Lee Kwan Yew succinctly expressed, it's becoming less and less possible in our society.
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What did Lee say?
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Basically that the more diverse a society is, the more politics just becomes tribal conflict by proxy.
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@benshapiro Would have to shrink govt back to mundane admin matters, or allow breakup into more homogeneous regions. -
Folks who disliked high stakes tests were fine with high stakes elections until they lost.
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Sounds like a great idea...for a white body politic. In multicultural America, however, tribal warfare will be the paradigm.
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Winning football team doesn't get to make every fan pay them money and doesn't get to tell the fans how to run their lives.
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@benshapiro Bc many important participants are highly narcissistic/histrionic & unable to comprehend value of sportsmanship.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Back in 2000 I was told I should be enthused about Joe Lieberman for VP because we were both Jewish. But he is a ninny.
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politics today is just sports-like entertainment for snobs who think they're above sports. teams, drinking games, parties etc.
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I think Benji is confused, anyway. We don't cheer for heroes because they're strong, but because they represent "good".
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Instead people take it as a cue to feel unquestioning loyalty to the perceived home team.
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@benshapiro Ben what principles do you self identified?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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That's implicitly genocidal.
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