This is a reaction to the author's politics, which ironically lends credence to the original argument.
This essay about the stripping of our once-broad civic identities down to purely political ones engaged in existential combat...is getting shredded because readers can only perceive it as a political statement from the tribe they're in existential combat with.
\u201cMore of us are plac\xading pol\xadi\xadtics at the cen\xadter of our lives. Both sides increasingly be\xadlieve a grand so\xadlu\xadtion to our po\xadlit\xadi\xadcal dys\xadfunc\xadtion can be found in\xadside pol\xadi\xadtics. In the Weekend Essay, Sen. Sasse explains why he thinks this won\u2019t work\u201d https://t.co/dCpDjo96Rv
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) October 13, 2018
This is a reaction to the author's politics, which ironically lends credence to the original argument.
And another point of the essay is that we can't rely on a political system to forge our communities or sense of belonging for us. That can only come from an engaged citizenry.
Thus, another very ironic reaction.
https://t.co/MQLof5LHez
1/ So, there's a lot to say about this @BenSasse piece, including a contestable and contentious conception of the realm of political life. But ... https://t.co/qiD6IRQzhn
— Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz) October 13, 2018
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Paper 1: https://t.co/TrXESKLYmJ
Paper 2:https://t.co/9LSJTNCn3l
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