Also, isn't this the sort of thing the parliamentary style of governance is at least partially intended to address by putting us hooligans safely within an envelope? You have your green faction and your national cicada killer preservation association, etc, etc, all having a seat in government.
After reading the article, I gather that Lemann's point is that the deeply embedded assumptions of American winner take all elections and two party-ism have created the false expectation that everyone will quiet down and demand nothing till the next election cycle. Well, that's just wrong, Lemann says.
I don't want to come off like a dildo, but I'm not so sure this insight, which has a 'Actung! Water is Wet' ring to it, deserved nearly 5000 words.
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