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John Wood Jr. Discusses Empathy and Politics on the Radical Responsibility Podcast #motivation

27 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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John Wood Jr. argues that politics creates a false choice between individual freedom and community. He says both sides miss how individuals exist within communities and communities need distinct people to thrive.

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And so it's just to say that I find people on the right who feel that conservatives have gotten too far away from community, people on the left who feel that liberals and progressives have gotten too far away from the importance of individuality. Which is just to say that, of course, how could be any other way, because this was a false divide to begin with, right? The individual is only truly him or herself in the context of community, and community is only truly rich and dynamic insofar as it stitches together individuals to become something greater than the sum of their parts, but who are still individuals.

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