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Suggest a reasonable test of this is if you do not have any friends with completely opposite political views then you may well be guilty of the thing you claim to hate the most.

Mike Brock 2y ago

My wife is a socialist. And I am very much not. I was a flaming libertarian when I met her. Next question.

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Andressa 2y ago

Your wife is great, sending hugs to the comrade

LightningRoulette 2y ago

good

jack 2y ago

*neocon

nobody 2y ago

is that like an *oldcon, but renovated, or...?

hello 🪺 2y ago

well, in mike’s defense, george w bush would probably be a really fun hang over beers at a ball game, & we were all much, MUCH dumber in our pasts. …nice to see the intellectual growth & maturity. 😂😂

nobody 2y ago

libertarians are socialists -

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_anarchism_and_libertarianism

Andressa 2y ago

EXACTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

nobody 2y ago

🤙🏻

DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 2y ago

Wife doesn't count.

QW 2y ago

Makes for angry sex. 😂 jk

Mike Brock 2y ago

My friend group is pretty ideologically diverse, too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM 🌞 2y ago

Mine progressively less.

Mike Brock 2y ago

I am more afraid of being in an echo chamber than I am afraid of having my views challenged. So I avoid the former through having a high tolerance for intellectual disagreement.

⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

Agreeable disagreements are the best part of friendships.

My favourite conversations are the ones where you can express different opinions whilst laughing about it.

Self depreciation of beliefs is healthy, as is changing your mind with new information or beyond a threshold.

Mike Brock 2y ago

Once you've deeply connected your identity to your political beliefs, this becomes impossible.