WhyWe’rePolarized

Political analyst Ezra Klein argues that the American political system, comprising voters, journalists, and the president, embodies rational actors who make rational decisions based on their incentives. However, as Klein suggests in his book Why We’re Polarized, America is polarized first and foremost by identity. Partisan identities are increasingly merged with racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities, creating a weight that is straining our politics and fraying the bonds of our nation. Klein explores how and why this polarization occurred in the twentieth century and tracks the feedback loops between polarized political identities and institutions that threaten to push our system to crisis. This revelatory book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture, changing how readers perceive politics and perhaps even themselves.

作者简介

EzraKleinistheeditor-at-largeandcofounderofVox,theaward-winningexplanatorynewsorganization.Launchedin2014,Voxreachesmorethan50millionpeopleacrossitsplatformseachmonth.KleinisalsothehostofthepodcasttheEzraKleinShow,cohostoftheWeedspodcast,andanexecutiveproduceronVox’sNetflixshow,Explained.Previously,Kleinwasacolumnistan...