binary thinking

Binary Politics

An unfortunate by-product of our two-party system is that it encourages a binary mind-set that reduces complex issues into a shouting match--red versus blue. In America, we are all too quick to label each other as "liberal" or "conservative," a distinction that manifests itself in the kinds of books we read, the TV we watch, and even the cars we purchase. Four years ago, The Club for Growth taunted Howard Dean as being a "latte drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading" liberal, as though each item on their list was itself a symptom of some terrible disease. In this year's ...

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