Elizabeth Bruenig

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

the reality is that liberal democracy depends upon its citizenry – minimally! — desiring peace not just for their own factions, but for the entire populace. this is the substantive commitment that makes humankind — an essentially warlike breed — agree to persuade and be persuaded — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 7, 2021 Hibernated

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Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

but of course it can't; nothing can. there will always be a point where your faction is either so powerful it's obviously in your best interest to abandon the procedures and norms or so weak you have nothing to lose by doing so, though it's not always clear which is happening. — PolitiTweet.org

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and to persuade one's opponent you have to understand them, because you can't appeal to anything — reason, interests, values, emotions — without knowledge of those things first, and you can't succeed in persuasion without genuine knowledge of those things. — PolitiTweet.org

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