Source: ReImagining Liberty
by Aaron Ross Powell
“We like to win arguments and don’t particularly care for losing them. But the point of arguments isn’t the mere fact of ‘winning’ or ‘losing.’ They’re not games where winning is the whole point. Rather, the reason to have an argument, or to otherwise seek to persuade, is to change your interlocutor’s mind about something, and the reason to change their mind about something is because there’s value — at least as you see it — in that revised belief compared to the prior one. This is certainly the case in politics. … If we think our own political views are correct — in that they’ll lead to a better world if acted upon more widely — then our goal ought to be something more than ‘defeating’ the other side’s case.” (10/04/24)
https://www.reimaginingliberty.com/in-politics-dont-aim-to-win-but-rather-win-over