Dan Shepard

I'll do it.

Okay.

This is a unique opportunity for me to pressure test this kind of theory I've been mulling over on hikes.

I'm embarrassed that I can't remember the author of the book.

You're so good at that.

Everyone you talk about, you reference.

They deserve the credit.

I can't think of his name.

But I read a book about kind of a different framing of the political parties.

You'll know what I bet.

And it was basically saying instead of thinking about Democrats and Republicans and libertarians as issues driven parties, it's better to think of them as their worldview, which is the conservative worldview is life is a battle between law and order and barbarism.

And on the left, the worldview is life is a battle between the oppressed and the oppressors.

And the libertarians, I can't even sum up right now, I've forgotten.

But I love that framing.

Every time I see one of these dust-ups, it seems quite evident to me that that's what's going on.

You even look at the fissure on the left right now over Israel and Palestine, which you cover in this piece.

The left's like, what the fuck do we do?

Which oppressed person do we decide is the oppressor?

There's this huge tension on the left.

Here's my current thought on this.