Fair point—political wasn’t the right word. I guess it’s more about those issues being about particular countries’ interests in particular historical contexts, whereas nuclear and GMOs feel more like classic cause areas (and are still very live today). Also, I don’t think nuclear and GMOs fall along party political lines.
I guess your point about the USSR raises a question about this example which has been explored in other threads: I don’t think the ideal example is one where the cause is obviously bad (like persecuting Christians), I think it’s something which initially seems good to people reading, but after they find out about what happens when the cause is pursued, they realise it’s wrong. Hence why plastic straws is probably a better example than religious persecution / Communism, because people are unlikely to have a priori negative opinions about it.
Fair point—political wasn’t the right word. I guess it’s more about those issues being about particular countries’ interests in particular historical contexts, whereas nuclear and GMOs feel more like classic cause areas (and are still very live today). Also, I don’t think nuclear and GMOs fall along party political lines.
I guess your point about the USSR raises a question about this example which has been explored in other threads: I don’t think the ideal example is one where the cause is obviously bad (like persecuting Christians), I think it’s something which initially seems good to people reading, but after they find out about what happens when the cause is pursued, they realise it’s wrong. Hence why plastic straws is probably a better example than religious persecution / Communism, because people are unlikely to have a priori negative opinions about it.