Empathy is good. Calls for unity are good. But let's stop pretending that the "two sides" are symmetrical and morally equivalent. Stop saying, "oh, you think X is bad, but the other side just thinks the same about you". Along every dimension, the picture is incredibly lopsided.
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You can denazify after a physical war is won, which is not possible here. A politician's job is to serve the interest of constituents. They need to convince them that their life will be best if they are elected. I think this is only possible by being minimally ideological.
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There is a lot of literature and thought around the critique of ideology, albeit it's obscure today since literally no one cares about it. The main idea I got out of the stuff I've read is that ideology is not a switch one can choose to turn on and off, it's rather the .. (1/.)
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