Perhaps we are more united than we think we are divided?
While the US elections reveal a country divided in half politically, public response to the unprecedented adversarial attack on a fundamental cornerstone of democracy - the election process, has largely met with a unified stiff resistance particularly at the state level from judiciary and election officials regardless of their political affiliations.
If we are to survive this adversarial attack, which all evidence to date suggest we might, we would owe the victory to the shared values that binds a significant number of us regardless of our political viewpoints, one of which is our respect, as opposed to disdain, for truth.
Disclosure: I no longer have any political affiliation. Additionally, exposure to very close friends from both sides of the political spectrum has only reinforced in me a well known fact - when it comes to solving social/economic issues, objective data driven solutions reside somewhere in the "boring" middle. Any alternate view almost always appears to serve the personal gains of those who espouse them.
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4 年There is an interesting philosophical concept in Hinduism called neti-neti. It suggests that to define certain kinds of concept an indirect definition of what it cannot be is more appropriate. The boring center becomes interesting center as it has the opportunity to tell what properties from either end the society should not possess.
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4 年Amen to the pillar of free and fair elections, and its continued support of our democracy. While I don’t necessarily agree with your boring middle comment, my old and dear friend, I am heartened by what seems like a rare glimpse of the system working as intended. May it continue to evolve and progress.