Uma ucabanga ngombono womphakathi, yini ukubaluleka "kokuhambisana nendaba" kanye "namazinga okuqonda"?
Ukungaguquguquki kwempikiswano kuwukuthi umbono womuntu ngamunye waseMelika ungahambisani kanjani nempikiswano ethile futhi ulinganiswa ngezindlela ezimbili. Ukulinganisa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kubonisa ukuthi abantu baseMelika abavamile ukuba nombono ofanayo ngezikhathi ezimbili ezihlukene. Isibonelo, imibono yemishado yabantu bobulili obufanayo eTexas ishintshile isuka kokungathandeki (~ 30%) yaya kokuthokozisayo (ngaphezu kuka-50%) esikhathini esifushane kusuka ngo-2009 kuya ku-2017. Ukulinganisa phakathi kwezindawo zezindaba kusitshela ukuthi ukwazi ukuthi umuntu ucabangani ngendaba ethile akusho ukuthi ucabangani ngenye indaba. Amazinga okucabanga asetshenziselwa ukuhlukanisa abantu ngokusebenzisa ulimi lwezombono ekuchazeni imibono yabo. Kunezigaba ezinhlanu, esokuqala sithi <unk> imibono<unk>, lapho abantu bethembela emiqondweni engaqondakali ukuze bahlulele ngezinto zezombangazwe. Okwesibili, yilabo "abacishe babe ngama-ideologues" abasebenzisa amagama ezombusazwe, kodwa abawasebenzisi ngaso sonke isikhathi ngendlela efanele. Okwesithathu, "izithakazelo zeqembu", lapho abantu behlola khona izinto zezombangazwe ngokuqondene nendlela abaphatha ngayo amaqembu athile. Okwesine "isimo sezikhathi", lapho ukuhlolwa kwabaqokiwe namaqembu kuxhomeke emibonweni ejwayelekile yokuthi izinto zihamba kanjani. Okokugcina, "akukho okuqukethwe okukhiphayo", lapho kugxila khona ebuntwini noma emasikweni omndeni ngaphandle kobufakazi bokucabanga kwezepolitiki.