Most of our avoidable problems are related to people not being willing
to be with the messy muddled middle ground of real life, whether
internally/individually, between people or between groups, and thus try to pick
an ideal (fantasy) to champion and fight for. This is true at all levels of
life and relationships (marriages, families, friends, charitable organizations,
churches, workplaces, politics, etc), and we never really arrive at the truth
from both (or more) sides of an issue because of this. Democracy is dependant
upon finding and implementing these truths from all sides of an issue that are
not completely at odds with each other, as people initially assume, but we only
find this out when we are willing to somewhat open mindedly experience the mess
and discomfort of real life rather than retreating to our fantasies of how it
ought to be or is supposed to be.
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