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Most people who hold a widely-held political view are ignorant or intellectually sloppy about it
Their wordsThe fact is that for basically any widely held political view, a huge share of the people who hold the view are going to be ignorant, intellectually sloppy, or otherwise badly flawed in their reasoning.
Our reading
Progressive political thinking has neglected the value of persuading others that one is right
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."