The feeling I'm getting is that the left has become mainstream enough to have attracted enough ignoramuses that it is fostering as many jerks as the right has f

The feeling I'm getting is that the left has become mainstream enough to have attracted enough ignoramuses that it is fostering as many jerks as the right has fostered for years. Populism that leans in favor of your political views is a form of power, because there is power in numbers, and while it's not absolute power, it's still corrupts, just not absolutely. Me? I've not be a fan of most policies from the right, but now I'm no longer a fan of many of the policies from the left. While I don't agree with everything here are a bunch of interesting ideas from this blog post that resonate with me: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/