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America’s eerie lack of debate about China
Politicians who can be counted on to dispute the colour of the sky or the sum of two plus two are of a piece on the necessity of a superpower duel.
Janan GaneshContributorFerocious partisanship has its uses. If nothing else, a divided nation can console itself that no government idea goes unexamined and unopposed. Scrutiny can be all the more exacting for being born of tribal malice rather than Socratic truth-seeking.
The US is riven — it has managed to politicise the workaday face mask — but it avoids the equal and opposite danger of unreflective consensus.
Financial Times
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