The Big Sort is a Big Problem for America. We have been given increasing choice as to where we live, what we hear and see, and who we associate with, and it has hardened ideological lines.

Ironically, the technologies that allow us to do this are not predetermined to create tunnel vision in people, and could just as easily be used to open people up. The internet, transportation, social networks, whatever. These have all made it easier to put yourself out there and not just hear what you already believe, but if we so wanted, we could hear all there is to hear.

A true liberal is post-partisan because they recognize that this information revolution should be used to liberate us from restrictive and inflexible ideologies. A true liberal isn't spending all day on dailykos, or slate for that matter (But I like these message boards, so here I am.). Whether you participate in the big sort as a democrat or republican, you are by definition participating in a conservative movement.

Post-partisanship can only exist with a globalist worldview. When America stops being so introverted and self centered, we will realize that the new frontier and the new manifest destiny lies outside of our borders. When we think more globally, americans will realize how similar they actually are, and all the technology that we use to separate ourselves now will start being used to bind us together.

Nope. The deluge of technology is almost guaranteed to make people more insular. That happens everywhere, not just the USA. People can only process so much change and information at a time.

I'm not saying it is inevetable or that it "will happen." I'm saying that we need to attempt to make it happen. Acknowledge that social insularity vis-a-vis technology (or whatever) is a problem that needs to be discussed and addressed.

And, btw, this situation is not so simple as to just say "it's happening everywhere," as if that means that globalization and technology don't do anything to contribute to a wider pool of communication and interaction. In fact, in the grand scheme of things over the last 200 years, thats exactly what has begun to happen.

Cook County, Illinois is post-partisan, is that how the whole country will be in the post-partisan future?