Explaining, Explained (with Ezra Klein)
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Parody Is a Counterforce to Calcification
For most of American politics, we've had what get called the sun and moon parties. After the Civil War, there are public and parties dominant for a long time. The period we're in now is the closest American politics has been between the parties ever. And so parody is this kind of interesting counterforce to calcification because on the one hand calcification means almost nobody is changing their mind. On the other hand, parody means that almost nobody changing their mind can repeatedly flip American politics in one direction or another.
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