This transformation of politics in the west from a battle of ideas to a battle of competing tribes of people convinced that a single defeat will bring the end of the world as we know it is, needless to say, not a great development.
Politics 101: If you want people to abandon one idea, you need to give them a better set of ideas.
“It really brings out the worst part of you.”
“I am not exaggerating the position; I wish I were.”