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I had a political science professora big Federalistwho liked to break the nature of politics down to its most basic.

By Denis Storey | Updated on May 01, 2015

I had a political science professor—a big Federalist—who liked to break the nature of politics down to its most basic.

The (abridged) version of his lecture went something like this: You have a small community of people living together. Traffic gets progressively worse at an intersection at the center of town. Half the community demands the city pitch in together to buy and install a traffic light at this intersection. The other half of the community doesn’t want, and doesn’t want to pay for, a stoplight. The division polarizes the town, launching two rival factions: the Red Lighters and the No Lighters.

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