• LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    “Keep politics out of ____” is just “I don’t want to ever assess my ethics with a critical lens.”

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      8 hours ago

      This is the perfect way to say it.

      “Ethics” is the word I was looking for, for what people are now calling “politics.” It’s why people don’t like Star Wars, Sesame Street, or Mr. Rogers: Because they are ethical.

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        5 hours ago

        Exactly. How could we possibly divorce our values from our politics? As far as society goes, it is the ultimate expression of our values.

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      Yuppp. It’s basically like admitting you like the present ideology, and just don’t want to think about how life could be better.