Politics is increasingly likened to sport in its tribal allegiances. This is to do sport an unconscionable disservice. The authentic fan is healthily cynical about their own team, after all. Scathing, even. Blind enthusiasm tends to be the mark of the try-hard newcomer. No, a political party is capable of inspiring a kind of mob loyalty — a credulity — that is well beyond a mere Manchester United or New England Patriots to arouse.
人們在政治中的部落式效忠,使得政治越來越多地被比作體育運動。這是對體育運動的無理傷害。畢竟,真正的體育迷對自己支持的球隊有著健康的質疑、甚至是尖銳的批評。盲目的熱情往往是努力融入的新人的標誌。不,政黨是不同的,它能激起一種暴民的忠誠——一種盲信——區區曼聯俱樂部(Manchester United)或新英格蘭愛國者隊(New England Patriots)可沒有這樣的本事。
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