Rallying around ideals never really works out because every person has a different interpretation of that ideal. Rallying around specific things allow you to keep honest conversation open as there’s less chance of “exposing” yourself to others.
If people are aligned on say making money though they can cut free and act with all their creativity and intelligence in pursuit of that goal.
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They can also cut free with regards to their opinions on women and minorities and the poor and the dumb, etc...
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Manifesting an ideal into a specific action isn’t trivial as ideals tend to be rooted in a desire to avoid something negative. You know what you don’t want but every utopia you imagine becomes a dystopia when you test it out.
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Money is a terrible thing to rally around but often times it’s the only thing to rally around effectively. Optimizing for money you’re not sure how to spend is like optimizing to be a fat person by anxiety eating.
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Sadness changes more than anger but sadness always lie beyond and through anger. You have to reach through the fire and then the cold and the darkness.
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Maybe that’s why rallies seem impotent. They raise anger to be the highest virtue. Instead of raising the sacred they decree themselves judge, jury, and executioner of the profane.
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