A still-sick dog walk, reflecting across horizons on the anxieties and divisions - and possibilities - of politics, listening to a podcast ep about the same.

A couple of thoughts that stood out:

“When I used to teach political science we told students that government is: Answering the question of how we should live together.” ~ James Moore

“I am firmly in the people are not stupid school of politics, so let us not treat our fellow citizens like they are morons, because we will pay for it in the end.” ~ Gerald Butts