I simply disagree. We need to get away from the us versus them narrative and find common ground. Otherwise we destin ourselves to repeat the problems of the fir

I simply disagree. We need to get away from the us versus them narrative and find common ground. Otherwise we destin ourselves to repeat the problems of the first half of the last century. I completely find many views among many people on the right in this country in the category of what I would call fascist at this point. I do find that alarming. We also need to understand the similar views are being found on the left--views that I will admit I also can see the romanticism of because I have coarse am on the left. But these fringes are feeding each other in a dangerous way that's tearing us apart when reality we all have so much in common. Ultimately what I'm espousing here is that we need to be realistic about the nature of democracy. The institutions of the democracy which keep it sound against the will of the masses over the long run are only as strong as the trends of those masses. And this is a very dangerous trend.