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My general feeling on American politics is this:
Each component of the two-party system is cut from the same cloth; however, over time, they've determined their own ways to uphold their values, and in some cases values have shifted, albeit slightly. They view one another as opposing forces, yet they aren't opposite in a binary sense.
The shift from American liberalism to American conservatism doesn't require many steps.
You don't disagree with all the core values; you disagree with the means by which they are upheld.
Then there are the ancillary values, which tend to get in the way of what really matters.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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