this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
1104 points (100.0% liked)
196
16459 readers
2171 users here now
Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.
Rule: You must post before you leave.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This is just generally why ideology is important and anti-realism is dangerous. If you don't have any actual beliefs then this kind of conflict resolution is way too deceptively attractive.
Yeah. And that doesn’t mean you can’t be a moderate. Multiple moderates sacrificed their careers for the haymarket martyrs. But you have to actually believe in something and that some things are unacceptable. Tactics are valuable but it’s a valuable tactic to get your opponents thinking so tactically they give up their goals