@ReneeVoiceBrand

It helps to remember that the political conversation is different in every country.

For countries with leftist despots, many folks don't expect that there isn't going to be a despot - they just want to make sure that the next is a strongman from the *other* side of the ideological spectrum.

It's a little like when people leave a toxic religious household and still lean into toxic behaviours - but think they're in the clear because at least they're *secular* toxic behaviours!

@MLClark Great points! Thank you for clarifying.

@ReneeVoiceBrand

Thanks for asking, and creating an opportunity to say more!

The real gift of my time in Colombia is direct, everyday exposure to a very different political conversation than the one we're used to in Canada and the US.

The world is very big, and we are very small, but we still have to hope that we can put our votes and voices to good use!

@MLClark @ReneeVoiceBrand

Or, for that matter, when secular people become religious and think that by that fact itself everything they do is now pure and holy and disinterested, but in fact all they've done is freshly baptized their previous bad behaviors, which continue as before but with new justifications.

@DavidSalo @ReneeVoiceBrand

Preach it, David! 💯

@DavidSalo @MLClark True!

@finkled

That is the appropriate sound for our decade, yes.