4 – How to Think about Politics

The Southpaw Guide to Thinking about Politics:As a martial artist, as a principled person, as an honorable person, how should I think about politics?How politics should be downstream from your principles and not the other way aroundYour moral compass should not be skewed by politics, it should be your moral compass informing your politicsThe price of never thinking about your principles or forming them before indoctrinationHow principles aren't always ethicalUtilitarian ethics vs. nonconsequentialist ethics vs. virtue ethicsThe Right vs. the Portlandia Right (Internet New Right)The Leftists vs. DemocratsHow we sometimes pick identities that cut off our nose to spite the face (following people who want "Mad Max" when YOU want a utopia)How outliers fall into tribesHow your individuality should not conform to your tribe—if you want a tribe, you should find one that agrees with your principles as an individualHow to be flexible with your politics but inflexible with your principlesRetcon (retroactive continuity) to avoid hypocrisy and to form unholy alliancesHow to prioritize as a single-issue voterThe philosophy of Stone Cold Steve Austin