Turkish American political scientist Timur Kuran,7 Chinese American law professor Amy Chua,8 and gay author and activist Jonathan Rauch9 (among many others) have been sounding the alarm about how the common-enemy identity politics of the far right and far left feed off one another. These authors are looking for ways to short-circuit the process and shift to a common-humanity perspective; they generally arrive at some version of the basic social psychology principles we’ve discussed in this book.
Yes, exactly! Their mutual antagonism only strengthens them, you need to try and subvert that vicious cycle.
