"The Left Can Win"

[Foucaulf]

It's too bad that the arguments in this thread are impenetrable in the exact way Iglesias warned against. If not deliberately so, it could be because the arguers are Europeans whose first exposures to English prose were through stodgy, terrible academic writing.

Here's something else I thought about this. For all the crap we throw at the American electoral system, with its money and interest groups, those who survive it have to reach out to donors with viewpoints not of their own. This is especially important when you think about how relatively homogeneous the political class in America remains. Is there any parallel in European politics, which I've thought is an almost incestuous chain of schmoozing through Master's programs and party offices? (Not trying to condemn any system here, just thinking about some side effects)