it is continuously worthwhile to try to understand the motives behind apparently divergent political positions in the U.S. . My own belief, having now poked around quite a bit , is that the values on the right and left have some remarkable similarities in each project the evils of "system" onto the other . This book review is a good place to start in finding some sympathy with the other side .
Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny
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