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His disregard of oppressed people also irks me. He romanticizes some socio centric cultures where for example women’s rights are curtailed as “beautiful”. Thanks for that, man.
I would posit that it’s possible in an ideal society to value loyalty and order and sanctity etc without oppressing women. But people in power use those values as a rationalization for their oppression.

When he gets into politics though I get the sense that he is trying to tell the story of how he went from liberal to conservative. His explanation of “conservative” values is also biased. As a liberal I feel like sanctity, respect of authority (different authority, for example science), and loyalty are important.

Picked this up because I want to understand the political divisions in this country. And more specifically I want to better understand conservatives. I’m about a third of the way through. It’s been fascinating so far— the idea that our moral judgments are mainly intuitive and followed up by rationalizations makes a lot of sense.