Came back because I've been thinking some more about this:
On the one hand (my upbringing says), we all need to pull together and form a cooperative collective, and should bond with the Everyday Little Guy etc. On the other, since most people aren't counter-culture and left-wing, the Everyday Little Guy is wrong and we need to stick to our internal sense of right and not be sucked into the beliefs of the culture around us.
This may be a bit meta-ethical for you, but I was wondering where your left-wing upbringing states that the internal sense of right came from if it was believed to be in opposition to the beliefs of the culture around you? I'm also wondering how it gels, if it does gel, with the idea of democracy.
(I am aware that this is largely the problem you personally are currently wrestling with, but I am interested in what you used to believe before the contradiction occurred to you.)
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This may be a bit meta-ethical for you, but I was wondering where your left-wing upbringing states that the came from if it was believed to be in opposition to the beliefs of the culture around you? I'm also wondering how it gels, if it does gel, with the idea of democracy.
(I am aware that this is largely the problem you personally are currently wrestling with, but I am interested in what you used to believe before the contradiction occurred to you.)