By Leo Gura
in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events,
Post here links to YT channels, podcasts, & websites which offer high quality political analysis.
High quality political analysis is:
Systemic, complex, nuanced
Holistic
Questions the status quo, calls out corruption, speaks truth to power
Non-blaming, non-demonizing, non-conspiratorial
Grounded in facts & evidence
Grounded in historical understanding
Grounded in solid non-partisan journalism
Attempts to be fair to the other side, avoids strawmanning the other side
Non-dogmatic, open-minded, willing to change its mind on issues
Not overly focused on culture war issues
Shows empathy for all humans and living beings, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, etc.
Advocates for non-violence as much as possible
Doesn't fear-monger
Doesn't scapegoat gays, non-whites, communists, globalists, Jews, feminists, academics, etc.
Appreciates cultural diversity and different POVs
In-depth rather than merely sound bites
Cares about environmental issues
Appreciates the importance of balance
Understands the dangers of false equivalency and "neutrality"
Interested in unearthing root causes of problems
Yes! These can be tough subjective calls to make. Self-bias is always a distorting factor.