HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down113cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkThere's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing powerwww.salon.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square113fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squaredropte_eth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI 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.
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.