Post #2221227
2026-05-07 13:59 UTC
When Monbiot sees people as to the left of their voting intentions, we can identify good-sense political ideas being trumped by common-sense voting narratives. Good-sense, in his article, is that the allotment is ‘a swamp’ because of climate change; or that we need to put ‘an end to billionaire power’. Common-sense is that ‘many of the same people [with these left-wing political leanings] have voted or intend to vote for Reform’. /5
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@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot 2026-05-07 14:02
Monbiot's arguement that listening to and conversing with people with empathy and without judgement is key to building trust and changing opinion is similar to one of Gramsci’s strategies. Gramsci advocated speaking with people to identify where their ideas already reflect good sense, and working with these ideas as the foundation for building support and wider political understanding. /6