Assignment task: In your opinion, what is the purpose of government? What is the appropriate extent of its scope, and what are important limitations to the influence of government? Are you a Libertarian, Conservative, Liberal, or Socialist (or something else)? What does this label mean to you? Why should others agree with you? What aspects of your life and experiences contribute to your political ideological identity? Might someone else have experiences that lead them to different conclusions?
Politics is fundamentally about how to live together with each other. It is necessarily and essentially socially oriented. What realistically is the best way to address our basic differences in viewpoints on all of the above issues?