What defines a man is his constraints. Real politics is about what you can’t leave behind.

This is why the praise of power, wealth, and intelligence, is meaningless to understand what a person ACTUALLY believes.

This is also why I immediately check out the second I get the sense that a commentator is trying to “join the winning side” of an argument.

In order to UNDERSTAND a political actor, I need to know his values/loyalties. And “I like power” or “I am Elite Human Capital”, or “I f-cking love Science!” Doesn’t tell me anything about a man other than that he is willing to simp for power.

The values of the sociopath.