"People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are the most critical of it."

People make commitment to different ideas or policies all the time. The idea can be anything; a political ideology, a business proposal or even choices in personal relationships. A person is most committed to an idea or policy because they have some sort of personal investment in it. They are therefore most critical of an idea/policy because it is a mechanism to ensure that the idea/policy is as perfect as possible.

When a person is committed to an idea or policy, there is an understanding that the person has some sort of personal investment in it. The personal investment can be in the form of emotional, physical or financial investment. Being humans, it is only natural that the person or persons who invest into the idea/policy expect some sort of return. This investment serves as an insurance of the person’s commitment to seeing the policy or idea is successful. Of course, this is not to say that the person is necessarily coerced into believing in the said idea or policy but it is a matter of personal choice. Humans are logical creatures and they make their choices based on their analysis of the pros and cons of an idea.

People put their full most effort into making an idea or policy come true when they are most critical of it. There are two elements to this. Firstly, the person must have belief in that idea or policy. How can a person even start committing to an idea/policy if he or she did not believe in the feasibility of the idea in the first place? After all, no one wants to back a losing horse. The second element is the concern for the workings and the mechanics of the idea. In order to see their ideas and policy come to fruition, they have to be critical and analyze the idea from all angles possible to ensure that the idea or policy is as perfect as possible.

Truth is, people are most involved in matters that affect them the most. Criticism of the idea or policy serves as a mechanism of working out the idea to ensure that the idea/policy has a chance to work out the kinks and imperfections before presenting the final product to others.