Broken politics all rely on

conventional morality

as their highest denominator, using reward and punishment framing over any universal concept of right and wrong. Consensus is supposed to be the bridge to a more EQUITABLE society.

When practiced, it actually FEELS a little spiritual, because discussion grounded in

universal ethics

feels infinitely healthier than emotional catharsis based on our biases.

snowflake

It’s buying into shared values to create a group identity, and then holding individuals accountable to that group above their

selfish interest

It’s how peace is made. It’s also kind of how man escaped the animal kingdom of pure savagery, if civilization means anything at all.

The Oresteia, a trilogy of tragedies we would binge when we were baked back in the Axial Age, tried to talk us out of reciprocal cycles of violence and into community administered justice.