<p>(I had to leave so here’s a follow-up post.)</p>
<p>I didn’t mean anything really disparaging by saying that other people I know don’t argue politics at an intelligent level, but most of them don’t have a well-thought out political philosophy and aren’t terribly well read. Thus it’s not really interesting talking about politics because they tend to think very linearly, and they either fall back upon their heritage if they’re generally conservative.</p>
<p>Talking politics becomes infinitely more interesting when you talk with people intelligent enough to understand that the systems it relies upon are complex, and to have some foresight to see how the future might possibly look like based off of broad long-term trends- to some extent look beyond the status quo. Not fall back on religion, morals, or ethics to oppose change, but to realize that you can’t stop change.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m waxing poetic a bit here but I hope I’ve made my point. I don’t see myself as a visionary or anything, but I’d love to meet and have a conversation with the few that are.</p>