The political differs from other spheres of value in that it is
not based on a substantive distinction of its own.
The ethical, for example, is based on a distinction between the morally good and the morally bad,
The aesthetic on a distinction between the beautiful and the ugly,
The economical on a distinction between the profitable and the unprofitable.
The political distinction between friend and enemy is not reducible to these other distinctions or, for that matter, to any particular distinction — be it linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, etc. — that may become a marker of collective identity and difference
The ethical, for example, is based on a distinction between the morally good and the morally bad,
The aesthetic on a distinction between the beautiful and the ugly,
The economical on a distinction between the profitable and the unprofitable.
The political distinction between friend and enemy is not reducible to these other distinctions or, for that matter, to any particular distinction — be it linguistic, ethnic, cultural, religious, etc. — that may become a marker of collective identity and difference
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