That's actually a fascinating argument I've never heard before. It's similar to the more pragmatic argument against drug prohibition. When you prohibit somethin

That's actually a fascinating argument I've never heard before. It's similar to the more pragmatic argument against drug prohibition. When you prohibit something people want, they find other ways to do it or get it and in the end you've just created a lot of perverse incentives and new opportunities for corruption. I'm not totally sold on your position, but I definitely agree that ideology has become a huge problem in politics. It's totally driven out the "git r done" types of real problem solvers in favor of deluded ideologues unwilling to compromise and therefore unable to do anything other than posture for their constituents. Meanwhile all the real wheeling and dealing is driven to the margins and into the dark. I wonder if another symptom of what you describe is stuff being railroaded through with trade deals instead of domestic laws.