I am not sure this conveys the point, but it is certainly an improvement on “politics is a/the mind-killer”. The issue is making clear that one should avoid unnecessary/unintended polarization in an argument, and, especially in the US context, political arguments and examples are especially prone to this failure mode.
I am not sure this conveys the point, but it is certainly an improvement on “politics is a/the mind-killer”. The issue is making clear that one should avoid unnecessary/unintended polarization in an argument, and, especially in the US context, political arguments and examples are especially prone to this failure mode.