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0 pointsSamReidHughes6y ago0 comments

It's not reasoning, it's basic values. People are made differently. That's why there are political differences between men and women, weightlifters and runners, straight men and gays, and dynamic typing and static typing fans. And you can trace the common reasoning in the baskets of political views. This isn't like some difference between communists and people who would be communists if it weren't for Econ 101. It's differences in regard to questions like whether you're willing to accept that some people will have a worse lot in life. And is moderation in the pursuit of justice a virtue or not?

The moderates are the people whose opinions are most formed from indoctrination.

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smolder6y ago· 2 in thread

Basic values come from the world around you, from your parents, from everyone around you that you interact with as you grow up. You aren't born a runner. Kids are formed into people. Most often they turn into people with similar basic values and in turn, political opinions. There are a lot of ways values can be applied. It's only for for the most part that people don't deviate in their application because they aren't thinking that hard, just imitating others and being a conduit for preformed ideas.

SamReidHughesOP6y ago

Basic values are also heritable and founded in biology, as shown in twin studies and observations that other species have a sense of fairness.

smolder6y ago

I'd say we're both right to the extent that nature and nurture both play a role.

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