u/mattrepl

And it works because extreme stances on those issues are overly simplistic and easy to get a crowd to rally behind. Ranked choice voting (or similar) may be able to deter this sort of harmful political drama.

We need more ways to promote civility and encourage a productive legislature, locally and nationally.

The US has a history of non-interventionism which is frequently confused with, and related to, isolationism.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_non-interventionism