Wondering when the mainstream media/political discourse will finally wake up to the obsolescence of 20th century “right/left” framing of (western) politics? theatlantic.com/international/… 1/ I think it is important to do so because not doing so at best muddies the real societal debate, and at worst misdirects attention away from the fundamental questions of how to structure our society and institutions (to the benefit of simplistic, extremist ideologies.)