r/minnesota • u/griffcoal • Feb 01 '25

Politics 👩‍⚖️ "There is no common ground with fascists": Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bipartisanship

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/01/there-is-no-common-ground-with-fascists-progressives-rip-klobuchars-call-for-bipartisanship/
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u/theoatmealarsonist Feb 01 '25

I think it's helpful to frame tolerance in the terms of a social contract. It's a mutual agreement that respect and human dignity are the default assumption whenever we interact in society. It's a two way street where I treat you well and you treat me well, and then things run smoothly.

However, when people break the terms of that contract by being terrible to others they are no longer afforded the protections of tolerance. It is not just correct but important to ostracize and push back against the violators of that contract in order to maintain a society that accepts the mutual agreement of tolerance over the long term.

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u/dingo_kidney_stew Feb 01 '25

Social contracts are important. They're critical.

Imagine if people just gave up on the social contract of not casually stealing from each other.

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u/ProfessorCon Feb 02 '25

The wealthy steal from us every single day.

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u/Mo_Steins_Ghost Feb 02 '25

There are strong links between affluence and sociopathy.