“I nearly never discuss politics for a number or reasons. The fundamental reason, however, is that politics as we think about them the produce of other processes we nearly never discuss. Processes deeply embedded in our culture and behavior as groups.

Many people seem to think that you can manipulate a tree by playing with the leaves it produces. Or by yelling at it. I understand why, for, I, too, was once thus. In any case, a meaningful discussion about politics… and, especially changing the systems we’re subject to… must be oriented upon the roots of these matters, not their symptoms.”

— infraheard