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  • The Emotional Psychology of a Two-Party System

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    The Atlantic: The Emotional Psychology of a Two-Party System Defense mechanisms against emotional ambivalence incline us to fully embrace one side and fully reject the other — which makes compromise nearly impossible. … Such rhetoric reflects a black-and-white, us-versus-them approach that views each debate over taxation, social policy and the role of government not as…