Noah Smith reflecting on the recent meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. This is a paid article—which I do not have access to—but the below paragraph caught my eye.
The world is not made up of heroes and villains, like in Star Wars or a Marvel movie. Instead, like the Game of Thrones universe or a dark edgy comic book, the world is made up of antiheroes and villains. The kindest person you ever meet will have some moments of cruelty in their life; even the most upright and honest bend the rules once in a while; even people fighting for noble causes will have times when they’re selfish, arrogant, and greedy.