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A Conservative’s Plea: Let’s Work Together
A Conservative’s Plea: Let’s Work Together
Mar 14, 2026 8:15 AM

Conservatives and liberals both tend to believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization?

In a recent TED talk, AEI president Arthur Brooks shares ideas for what we can each do as individuals to break the gridlock. “We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war of ideology that we’re suffering under and turn it into petition of ideas,” says Brooks.

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