bwb 4 days ago

My recommendation is to check out economics blogs and newsletters. I am a big fan of Noah, and there are a ton of great ones on Substack: https://www.noahpinion.blog/

Why do I like these?

It switches the discussion to the impact and cost to society. This removes it from being a belief system and shifts it more to taking action and justifying it with data.

For example, if you want to build a wall across the USA / Mexico better, don't talk about why you believe that is important... let's talk about costs of building a wall of that size; let's talk about how effective it is based on data from areas with walls, let's talk about how much immigrants power the USA and contribute to our economy using data, let's talk about how we build houses without immigrants, let's talk about crime stats showing that immigrants commit less crime than non-immigrants, let's talk about how we can expand legal immigration to create more jobs for everyone, etc...

The comment section on Noah's Substack is great.

20after4 4 days ago

Those topics don't exactly mix with polite discussion. But I'm here for it if such a place does exist.

beardyw 4 days ago

Politics and culture represent people's world view. That makes unemotional discussion very difficult.

  • 20after4 3 days ago

    Difficult but also important. The more our world views diverge, the more difficult it is for society (to continue functioning.)

softwaredoug 4 days ago

Probably certain subreddits like /r/neutralpolitics