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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Mar 2017

    One problem with being an ideologue is that you're forced to disagree with every idea other side has, no matter how good.

    11:43 PM - 14 Mar 2017
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        In that situation, Rabin's adversary can make you arbitrarily stupid.

        2 replies 3 retweets 12 likes
      3. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 15 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        The BC govmnt just pulled this trick: They announced support for ride-sharing, and the opposition is now defending the taxi monopoly.

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      2. Adam Gurri‏Verified account @adamgurri 17 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg @bkavoussi

        Adam Gurri Retweeted Yehuda Katz  🥨

        https://twitter.com/wycats/status/842054206383050752 …

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        Yehuda Katz  🥨Verified account @wycats
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        Isn't that the problem with being partisan, not being an ideologue?
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      3. Coba Weel‏ @weel 17 Jul 2017
        Replying to @adamgurri @paulg @bkavoussi

        There may be better definitions of an ideology, but it seems to me a crucial part is a comprehensive theory of why the other side disagrees.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Adam Gurri‏Verified account @adamgurri 17 Jul 2017
        Replying to @weel @paulg @bkavoussi

        I think it's useful to think in simple terms flrst approximation: Ideology: cohesive/comprehensive worldview Partisan: always on same side

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      5. Adam Gurri‏Verified account @adamgurri 17 Jul 2017
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        I also think partisanship gets short shrift for its ability to generate more good ideas overallhttps://www.liberalcurrents.com/actually-hot-take-culture-is-good/ …

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      1. Ravi Nanavati‏ @fpgeek 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I think you meant partisan​, not ideologue. Ideologues have different failure modes, usually when ideology runs into reality.

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      1. klmn.GHIJ‏ @klmnghij0001 15 Mar 2017
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        It's not a matter of being ideologue.It's a matter of trust.Once broken hardest to regain.pic.twitter.com/kK8KN6zvQ0

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      1. Stephen W. Carson‏ @RadicalLib 15 Mar 2017
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        I would call that a partisan. Ron Paul is an ideologue and finds common ground as much as he can with all sides.

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      1.  👁️‏ @FemiAbodunde 15 Mar 2017
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        those are the very ppl who over time are being eliminated by our new systems of #relevance. If you can't go out of box, your era is over.

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      1. Thomas Jeffery‏ @thomastjeffery 31 Mar 2017
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        That's partisanship. Ideology is simply a metaphor for perspective. An "ideologue" knows what his/her "side" is, and interacts accordingly.

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      1. nyc should secede  🥡‏ @ashbysutherland 15 Mar 2017
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        unless you're a libertarian and then you're just correct about everything 😎. But seriously, partisan group think is killing us.

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      1. mweitzel‏ @mweitzel 15 Mar 2017
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        sounds like the recent democratic process in an unnamed western superpower...

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      1. Ramki Sreenivasan‏ @ra_mki 14 Mar 2017
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        basically, all of India

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      1. Alex Shulepov‏ @AlexShulepov7 14 Mar 2017
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        not if your ideologue is opportunism

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      1. Earl Moené‏ @MrVezzy 14 Mar 2017
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        Not really RT @paulg: One problem with being an ideologue is that you forced to disagree with every idea other side has, no matter how good.

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