The very thing I pointed out is the problem with politics being a religion. Politics should not be about faith. You can't debate faith. You can't make faith compromise. That's a very dangerous position to take with politics. The other side becomes infidels and those who leave the fold become heretics. Do you really want to live in a system like that?
I love it when people see the religious nature of modern politics. Of course, religious zealotry is much harder to deal with than one's generic political disagreements.
"...the level of personal antipathy towards dissidents now is far greater than towards those all the way in the other camp..."
Exactly. That's why this shit is religion, not politics. In a religion, heretics are much more hated than the other tribe.
The very thing I pointed out is the problem with politics being a religion. Politics should not be about faith. You can't debate faith. You can't make faith compromise. That's a very dangerous position to take with politics. The other side becomes infidels and those who leave the fold become heretics. Do you really want to live in a system like that?
You may well get your wish.
While I agree that there's not much chance of stopping it, it would seem any chance we have is in recognition and trying to counteract the trend.
I love it when people see the religious nature of modern politics. Of course, religious zealotry is much harder to deal with than one's generic political disagreements.
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