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Progressive political thinking has neglected the value of persuading others that one is right

Drawn from what Matthew Yglesias and David Heinemeier Hansson said

Subjectpolitics
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politics How people actually hold political views: tribes, partisanship, and whether anybody reasons their way in.

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  1. Matthew Yglesias Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American… I think the big thing that has gone weirdly missing from a lot of progressive thinking about the political system is the concept of "persuade people that you are correct." Trying to convince people you’re right is underratedslowboring.com · 18 Sept 2026All 2 korrents from this piece
    Their wordsI think the big thing that has gone weirdly missing from a lot of progressive thinking about the political system is the concept of "persuade people that you are correct."

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    ↗Trying to convince people you’re right is underratedslowboring.com

    18 Sept 2026

    All 2 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd

  2. David Heinemeier Hansson Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals We have to stand up to the ideological golems in order to rescue our political discourse Standing up to golemsworld.hey.com · 5 Apr 2023All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsWe have to stand up to the ideological golems in order to rescue our political discourse

    ↗Standing up to golemsworld.hey.com

    5 Apr 2023

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