Lexington:Knowing best is not enough

摘要

Some years ago a satirical cartoon strip set in ancient Rome, the very fine "Horn Sap" series, imagined an uprising by moderates. "What do we want? Gradual change!" chanted a band of tunic-clad centrists. "When do we want it? In due course!" Revolts of the reasonable are hard things to pull off, not least because zealots and partisans have catchier slogans. Yet that does not dismay a growing number of America's not-very-strident. Pointing to record levels of public disgust for the political classes, moderates fizz with innovative schemes for grabbingpower from extremists of the left and right. Some are wiser than others.