[Dante Hicks]

I'm not sure I could ever be creative or productive if I was hate-filled for more than a brief period of time. Hate (or intense dislike) certainly sparks things off (e.g. I have a very strong dislike of people having to work hard unnecessarily, so I spend a lot of my time trying to make certain tasks easier) but once I've begun a creative / productive process I'd be much more focused on the positive developments (e.g. the potential elegance of a particular solution). Without wishing to sound like a Jedi-Hippy too much hate disrupts thought processes which could better us all.

I have thought for a long time that one of the larger problems present in the left (or the opponents of power of whatever ideology) is their excessive focus on negative politics. Some socialist literature is entirely filled with scorn against capitalism and fails to contain one positive development by leftists (either existing or proposed).

Of course, I say this as somebody who has not advanced civilisation one jot and almost certainly never will.