Politics makes people stupid. Stupid enough to support actual evil. Sometimes, stupid enough to commit evil. In such cases, politics not only makes people stupid, it makes people evil.
If you believe I'm exaggerating, take a minute to look around. Look at politicians and those who support them. Look at the rules and policies being imposed and enforced. Look at how politics is used as an excuse to target and harass people with different preferences-- including throwing them in prison when they are on the side with less power.
If you don't see politics causing stupidity leading to evil you're not looking close enough.
It's not a matter of different opinions leading to different paths taken. You can take a different path without forcing others along your path at bayonet point.
That would be the "different opinion" path. What's happening in the world around us isn't that path-- it's the path of coercion. The path paved with politics, making followers stupid and causing them to support and commit evil in support of their team.
I've never seen any individual made better by politics, but the examples of those made worse are endless.
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