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American Democracy Requires Partisanship

Por: The Atlantic Opinion September 10, 2023

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Politics is a team sport, and that’s okay.Credit: Illustration by Ben HickeySeptember 10, 2023, 6 AM ETMy most vivid memories of my early years at sleepaway camp, when I was 10 and 11, focus on the bizarre institution of color war. The campers were divided randomly in half for a wide-ranging competition between teams defined around no common identity, status, experience, or prior allegiance—just pure partisan competition. For one entire day,... + full article



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