Comment by mensetmanusman
3 years ago
Certainly, but shorthand usually gets corrupted by sloganeering and shuts down productive discussions over preference.
Once you realize all politics is preference, it’s illuminating to consider more nuanced strategy.
No, I simply don't accept that politics is preference. Politics is in some ways the physical manifestations of our values into the world. They affect people in real and profound ways.
A "preference" for the subservience or disenfranchisement of certain people, for example, is no mere preference.
I actually agree with what you wrote, but it’s interesting to note that many fewer people believe in universal values.
Many now believe that values are a preference (this is not something I believe, though, as I believe in objective morality, with the caveat that I realize it’s just a belief, like a belief in angels or something).