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  • Let me try. So if someone is good at football, they will do good at football, does not matter if they have good values, if they are nice or if they are charitable.

    Same in politics, if someone is charismatic, they will do good in politics, being ‘a good human’ is not part of the equation to advance in politics.

    There are other skills involved in politics, but none of them is being a good human, sometimes a good a desirable skill is being perceived as a good human, but this skill has little overlap with being a good human.

    Let me know if I managed to make my point.

























  • This is the recurring problem i have between generalization and discrimination.

    For example, women are, on average, more sociable, but that generalization can harm women who do not fit the majority. The same applies to men, who are often expected to be quieter or less expressive, which can be isolating for those who are not.

    I don’t think generalizations are not inherently bad—they help us describe and understand patterns—but they are risky for exactly the reasons you point out.