Agree. This interpretation of “everything is political” is very uncharitable and hints at not actually trying to figure out what people who say such a phrase mean by it. Politics isn’t just a status game, it’s a mechanism of coordination which directly affects the way the reality will be. And even if people can swear under a truth spell that they do not have any ulterior motive it doesn’t abolish them from the political consequences of their actions.
This is currious in the light of being in anti-political tribe idea. Strawmanning is one of the most common failure mod of political thinking and it seems that David fails for it because, while his goal is to combat tribalism, he tries to do it with the tribal way of thinking. I don’t think that’s going to work. The fight against tribalism is a constant struggle against enthropy not just a matter of choosing the right side.
Agree. This interpretation of “everything is political” is very uncharitable and hints at not actually trying to figure out what people who say such a phrase mean by it. Politics isn’t just a status game, it’s a mechanism of coordination which directly affects the way the reality will be. And even if people can swear under a truth spell that they do not have any ulterior motive it doesn’t abolish them from the political consequences of their actions.
This is currious in the light of being in anti-political tribe idea. Strawmanning is one of the most common failure mod of political thinking and it seems that David fails for it because, while his goal is to combat tribalism, he tries to do it with the tribal way of thinking. I don’t think that’s going to work. The fight against tribalism is a constant struggle against enthropy not just a matter of choosing the right side.