> Perhaps we should be glad that politicians and the media do not emphasize the limits of politics. This could be counterproductive, fuelling disengagement and

> Perhaps we should be glad that politicians and the media do not emphasize the limits of politics. This could be counterproductive, fuelling disengagement and populism. Why is engagement or "populism" still an end in itself, if it makes little effective difference? I can imagine its not "engagement" per se, that is desired, it is discipline. (Edit) Isn't this precisely what failed on January 6th? People (for mostly delusional reasons) were angry at a break down of politics itself, in their mind. The sports analogy makes sense, but there are economic interests there, on the part of the owners of the teams and the league, engagement by people to an arbritray cause translates to more tickets to the games, ad revenue for the broadcasts. There is maybe a distinction there, at least.