What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified???
Channel: vlogbrothers
Date: 2022-08-19

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High Conflict
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/High-Conflict/Amanda-Ripley/9781982128579

What I see more than anything is that, when politicians are more interested in getting people involved in conflict, they become better at creating problems than solving them. On the national level, that's extremely common, and it's becoming more common on the local level. But I think that is /only/ because we are letting the conflict drive us into cynicism. I feel like, as long as the conflict machine (which is very clearly mostly driven by a reactionary right-wing set of fears) is in charge, it's going to get harder and harder and harder to solve even a single problem.

So I'm not saying, "Let's stop with all the conflict!" because there is much to fight for and disagreement is the energy of democracy. But if everyone is hopeless or only fighting to beat the opposition, not to actually win progress, nothing gets solved. And I think part of pushing back agains that is being grateful for leaders who are finding ways to succeed without dumping gasoline on the fire. 

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