The key is whether you trust they have solid moral character. That they may not be perfect but have a moral backbone, humility (as in capacity to look to experts for advice), and are trustworthy. If your own family doesn’t see those qualities, well… Yeah.
Someone had a good childhood
Not really, but i mostly agree with their politics
The key is whether you trust they have solid moral character. That they may not be perfect but have a moral backbone, humility (as in capacity to look to experts for advice), and are trustworthy. If your own family doesn’t see those qualities, well… Yeah.
That’s also a dicey metric - I know some people of good or great moral character but also batshit dumb politics, so…
I could care less about their backbone as long as the submit to whatever I think is best for the future of world and human rights.