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"1. How many of you already use this approach?
2. How effective is it?"
I've taken this into consideration when discussing this things after years of going through what you describe as other's "tuning out." I've come to link the "middle" approach to Rand's own advice:
"Above all, do not join the wrong ideological groups or movements, in order to 'do something.' By 'ideological' (in this context), I mean groups or movements proclaiming some vaguely generalized, undefined (and, usually, contradictory) political goals...The only groups one may properly join today are ad hoc committees, i.e., groups organized to achieve a single, specific, clearly defined goal, on which men of differing views can agree. In such cases, no one may attempt to ascribe his views to the entire membership, or to use the group to serve some hidden ideological purpose (and this has to be watched very, very vigilantly)."
While she doesn't spell it out the way Brook did, it's implied, I think, that in this situation, a middle ground may be found, but Rand's version makes it clear to be aware that the foundational ideas still differ, and not to get too...comfortable? with strange bedfellows...
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