In the taxonomy of @KlingBlog, liberals see the world as oppressors vs. oppressed and conservatives see it as barbarians vs. civilization. The D& #39;s and R& #39;s have embraced these lenses with a vengeance. This would seem to create an opening for a third party. Not 1/n
the libertarians who see the world as freedom vs. coercion, (which is my choice but which struggles to attract a bigger audience) but a pragmatist party that would eschew identify politics and nativism, the two creepiest parts of the current two-party landscape. Such a 2/n
party would attract the never-Trumpers and Independents and Democrats who are not enthusiastic about the so-called progressive agenda. That such a party has not emerged suggests the power of the stranglehold that the two party system has on the competitive landscape. 3/n