Regarding the opening statement, I've had a related thought bouncing around in my head for a while now. It seems to me that people on the right think of institutions as inherently good or bad while people on the left realize that institutions are just made of people and will reflect those peoples' values.
I feel like there have been times when the right took over something and broke it as if to say that their ability to break it proves it was bad to begin with. But someone on the left would see that as proof that you have to value the things you are in charge of to make them work.
I wonder how this ties into religious belief and authoritarianism. Would love to read the words of someone who has thought about this better and more deeply than I.
Regarding the opening statement, I've had a related thought bouncing around in my head for a while now. It seems to me that people on the right think of institutions as inherently good or bad while people on the left realize that institutions are just made of people and will reflect those peoples' values.
I feel like there have been times when the right took over something and broke it as if to say that their ability to break it proves it was bad to begin with. But someone on the left would see that as proof that you have to value the things you are in charge of to make them work.
I wonder how this ties into religious belief and authoritarianism. Would love to read the words of someone who has thought about this better and more deeply than I.