I think the world would be a better place if more people actually read Frederick Douglass and behaved in accordance with his wisdom. One of his most important insights is also among the simplest, "I would unite with anybody to do right and nobody to do wrong."
Regardless of where you stand on the political spectrum, take that to heart.
I'm a libertarian through and through. Black Lives Matter, as a movement, is run by self-proclaimed Marxists; but, I agree with them, for the most part, on criminal justice and policing reform. I have no problem working with Marxists on curbing police brutality. So far as I'm concerned, that's a worthy goal. Once we achieve it, we can go back to pissing at each other.
The problem is that the narcissism of small differences is really showing up these days. I'm seeing it more on the extreme left; but, I see it on the right, too. Coalitions are becoming impossible because the purity tests are more important than the actual cause.
Bret Weinstein is almost a perfect stereotype of a leftist college professor; yet, he had his life turned upsidedown because he disagrees with the collectivist left on its tactics regarding race relations and its stance on free speech. People on the right are doubling down on distancing themselves from Bari Weiss despite her dramatic departure from the New York Times and her criticisms of cancel culture.
This is why movements like the Intellectual Dark Web aren't just interesting but essential. The binding principle of communities like the IDW is the same as the binding principle of free and open societies: the open and free exchange of ideas. All bets are off otherwise. The fact that nobody agrees on anything other than the value of what Jonathan Rauch called "a culture of liberal science" is the whole freaking point. That's how we facilitate an emergent order of ideas and determine where we can make steps forward with fewer ideological blocks.
We don't have to be friends. We don't have to like each other. We can disagree foundationally. We're doing neither ourselves nor others a service by staying in our bubbles.
If a Marxist and a libertarian can agree on something, it's probably something worth fighting for. Let me help you on that issue. We can still hate each other. I'm not asking you to like me. I'm asking you to work with me on this one thing.