So I think the reason why a lot of us are having problems figuring each other out is that we have different values.
And Im talking foundational values and I thing the political triangle does a lot to explain why we disagree so heavily.
Essentally there are three core value sets.
A desire for freedom, a desire for equality, and a desire for stability.
Or Liberty, Equlality, and franternity.
Life is a series of trade offs, if freedom is your foundational value then your going to sacerfice equality and stability in the name of freedom.
If stability is your foundational value then your willing to sacerfice freedom and equality in the name of stability.
If Equality is your foundational value then your willing to sacerfice freedom and stability in the name of equality.
And no you can not have all three of them in equal amounts, its not possible, trade offs are invitable. The question is how much your willing to trade of X for X and if you got to the extreme corner your going to have a bad time.
We are never going to agree on everything because we have different foundational value systems, but what we can do is be less self righteous towards each other and admit that we have these value systems and that there are trade offs and that were willing to trade things to get the things we want.
If we take in this lesson I think we can manage to be slightly less dickish to each other.