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.
人们在政治中的部落式效忠,使得政治越来越多地被比作体育运动。这是对体育运动的无理伤害。毕竟,真正的体育迷对自己支持的球队有着健康的质疑、甚至是尖锐的批评。盲目的热情往往是努力融入的新人的标志。不,政党是不同的,它能激起一种暴民的忠诚——一种盲信——区区曼联俱乐部(Manchester United)或新英格兰爱国者队(New England Patriots)可没有这样的本事。
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