Thanks for the link. That’s an intriguing, amusing, and very detailed website. Just having a peak at the end, I notice that the author defends himself against the accusation that he engages in the centrist practice of morally equating American liberals and conservatives, by looking for underlying sources of American political dysfunction (tribalism, etc).

His response is that, “I see it more like two siblings who have caught rabies…Diagnosing which sibling has rabies worse right now or whose rabies flared up first, while also a worthwhile endeavor, isn’t the right focus of this series. Writing a series focused on scolding a single faction of society and riling up anger toward that side is not only unlikely to help the U.S. giant get better, it’s the exact type of thing that exacerbates the illness—it would just be adding another bite to the rabies war.”

Jon Stewart’s centrism faced a similar criticism. In his case there were business interests which might have conflicted with his true political beliefs (he wanted to alienate as few people as possible to keep up his ratings).

I also try to find underlying causes of our problems, and I certainly try to avoid drawing contrived, bogus equivalences. I criticize both liberals and conservatives, but I think the former have superior values and are less monstrous. (Indeed, I address similar issues in the link below.)

I suspect there’s a lot to learn from that website, Wait But Why. Not sure I’d end up agreeing with everything there, but it’s certainly worth a look and hopefully I can get an article out of it. ;) Thanks again.

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/socialist-fantasies-and-the-escape-from-natures-prison-fceb3fbf251a?source=friends_link&sk=8ad05046d14273ca5f2599d3c80b4dab