Gil Duran

Politics is moral warfare — working with those who agree with your moral views and against those whose moral views contradict yours.

Today, this is well understood by some — but not all — political actors.

On this issue, we side with the authoritarians. Because, on this issue, they are on the side of science — brain science.

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https://framelab.substack.com/p/moral-warfare-101

Moral Warfare 101

Intensifying politics of dueling morality systems

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Dec 18, 2023 at 10:59pmWeb
Show threadthe war on cars, not drugsDec 18, 2023
@gilduran sometimes there's no difference in stated moral views, but a difference in which policies are supported to advance those moral views.
Show threadLiz LovelandDec 28, 2023

@Bugs5000 Or the reverse - people who want the same policy or candidate or whatever even if they don't have the same reasons for why.

The statement in the original post reminds me of the way I thought about politics when I was 16.