• crackgammon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if I agree that they can be equally right and incompatible. I think there can be shreds of truth scattered throughout different ideas and that you can pick them out and use that to construct an actual truth, though, so I guess I agree with your overall sentiment. I also agree with the fact that open conversation and an exchange of ideas is for the best, but I haven’t found many conservative ideas to hold water under scrutiny even if the conversation is ultimately helpful.

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      1 year ago

      I think there are times when your values dictate your opinion rather than the facts.

      There’s a reason logic isn’t what sells cars, skin care and fashion.

      We’re emotional creatures.

      A strong opposition should help reign in excesses of either side, and we should crave it.

      There are ideas that originate on the right and are embraced in the left - universal basic income comes to mind.