This piece is so naive it's really not worth entertaining at all. If I were a political science professor teaching a 101-level class and one of my students turned this in, I'd be pissed; especially because the author was trying to sound intellectual but obviously didn't grasp the meaning of the quotes she quoted - especially Fukuyama. What is this, 1991?
Brandeis. My God, you're churning out a sub-par product.
I guess she is now an Assistant Editor at WaPo and not just a guest from New Republic as I posted earlier.
Absolutely corrosive socialistic vile thought covered up by a young pretty face.