The Rise of Post Modern Politics (great read!)

[caraher]

3. It did point out what I said

I guess the part I emphasized just seemed clearer to me.

I think what worked for the US in the past was a different kind of "identity politics." It seems like we've lost the sense, as a nation, of being in this thing together, of being Americans first and Democrats and Republicans second (but without pretended we have no differences). Now we're in "red" or "blue" states, and the most comfortable way to negotiate the landscape is to throw one's lot in with the "side" one finds more congenial and man the barricades against the evil ones on the other side.

I do agree that "our side," by the very nature of our beliefs, is more amenable to drawing people with differing beliefs under the same umbrella.

I don't think there's an easy solution, but the first step has to be diagnosing the problem. Thanks for passing this on!