Is America's red and blue divide ceremonial at this point?
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Politics can be about deep structure: see ancient Greece or 16th century Europe.
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And yet blue and red causes do in fact seem to become policy from time to time. On what scale are they ‘radically incompatible’? 100 years?
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Policy that neither reaches stated aims nor causes the hated opposing tribe to be eliminated.
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“The tribal public debate has a powerful influence on the government.” Is not contradictory with “the government fails to implement popular tribal policy”
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It’s like ordering pizzas for a large group. Even if one person does all the ordering, usually it’s influenced by what people say. But the people talking don’t get exactly what they want, the vegetarians might have to make do with cheese pizza, etc.
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