"The deepest insight for understanding the lenses people use to understand the world comes from Arnold Kling in his superb, concise book, The Three Languages of Politics. Simple idea. Liberals see the world as a struggle between oppressor and oppressed. Conservatives see the world as a struggle between civilization and barbarism. Libertarians see the world as a struggle between government coercion and personal liberty."
In the essay linked to above, #RussRoberts explains how outsiders perceive the present war between #Israel and #Hamas based on the first two narratives.
Below is a link to another essay he's written, about what it was like for him to be in Israel when Hamas attacked.
"The siren soon stopped its nagging, whining cry and we returned home. I went to services. A friend there told me a terrible rumor. That we had been attacked by Hamas from Gaza and that five people had been kidnapped. Israel has a bad history of kidnappings by its enemies. Google “Gilad Shalit” and you will learn that Israel goes crazy when a single soldier is a captive. Five people? We both shuddered."
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