Democracy is predicated on idea that enough discourse will yield common ground. Serious question for believers: ever seen that happen once?
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..desire on the part of all to privilege cohesion in service of higher goal above any particular issue
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I know, i agree with you
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being part of a clique with this dynamic, I can say it is intensely fulfilling
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there is a group norm of, whenever an argument seems intractable, stating the axioms you are...
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...operating on. usually the opposite party can reconstruct the view on the basis of this and see...
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...how it is reasonable given the starting place
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part of me wonders if the framers didn't experience the joy of this social dynamic and hope to...
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...share it with the body politic at large
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