Oddbean new post about login | logout The "rub" is the core values are diametrically opposed
I disagree. I believe we use coded language and make presumptions about others. If we work at decoding language and try to get at first principles and core human values we’ll find that we share many values, we just speak of and code them differently.
I'm not sure the values are actually that different. Priorities, maybe.
Sure. insofar as they both want "freedom". One side that means leave them alone. the other side it means "freedom" from gun violence by gun control. "Freedom" from misinformation by censoring. But yeah, they both say they value "freedom".
Most folks who want gun control haven't thought about it (maybe haven't had to think about it) beyond just the general idea that fewer guns probably means fewer school shootings. I think most of them do want freedom, but they don't connect the idea of freedom with the right to bear arms.
Correct. Freedom means different things to different people. One can mean actual freedom, while another is for people to live the way they demand. Words can be the same, values diametrically opposed. For example "freedom from poverty" or "right to affordable health care"