I'm reminded of another angle to this. We humans in 2025 can just be so selfish and self-centered that we never even consider other perspectives. And I'm not meaning the progressive idea of pluralism or their nonsense. What I mean is to try to understand different perspectives that I may not hold. Its easy and feels good to just discount the opposing position but its actually very dumb and destructive.

If an opposing view is ridiculous it should be easy to knock down. I see this everywhere right now. Most of us are just preaching to the choir all the time. There's a place for that but how many of us actually seek to steel man opposing positions. Can we understand why others would disagree with us. Sure, I know we are right in all our positions but can we understand why others would disagree. If you can't you have work to do. The answer isn't always those people are dumb. Yeah, plenty of people that agree with me are just as dumb.

I see the strawman pattern in religion, politics, health, science, and relationships. I think there is an education component to it. We aren't really taught how to avoid the pitfalls of this but also its just human nature. We can be very short-sighted and selfish.