Today's Horoscope
All signs:
The stars want to remind you that usually everybody's right and everybody's wrong. A lot of reasoning is valid from the vantage point of the person arguing it. Most situations have multiple factors informing them, and many possible answers. There are very few things in this world that are cut and dry, especially politics. They are complex and multifaceted problems and issues, with no clear cut solutions.
The trouble comes when neither side is willing to admit that. People can be right and wrong at the same time, and if you can't accept that your viewpoint is not compatible with everyone else's circumstances or needs, you aren't going to live a very happy life.
The willingness to see other people's views and accept that they might have reasons for feeling the way they do is crucial to being a part of society. It used to be that we had limited access to other people's views. We had to formulate our own ideas, and defend and discuss them. Now we feel emboldened and find endorsement in social media posts with headlines espousing our views. A bunch of likes means everyone must agree with the same views we hold, whether we've thought them through or not.
Today's world is filled with easily accessible validation for the worst arguments, let alone any viewpoint that is slightly different from your neighbors. There is no end to the negative reinforcement of any idea, any position, any extreme. We have eliminated critical thinking and empathy in a race to win a manufactured disagreement.
The stars suggest we learn how to understand each other and to compromise, or the gap between us will only widen, until we won't be able to hear each other at all.
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