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While politics is like the weather, ideas are like the climate. Climate has an impact on weather, but they’re different things. People often say that our problem in America today is incivility or intolerance. And not just contempt for other people’s ideas, but also for other people. Contempt makes political compromise and progress impossible. You might be tempted to say we need to find ways to disagree less, but that is incorrect. Disagreement is good because competition is good. Next, each of us can make a commitment never to treat others with contempt, even if we believe they deserve it. While we might not like the current weather, together we can change the climate to reward leaders — and be the leaders — who uplift and unite, not denigrate and divide. Watch: The weather will start to improve, and that will make America greater.