@bthall I'd like to see this to see if he gives the idea a fair shake.
My studies have lead me to believe in the "horses for courses" ideology of politics: no ideology works everywhere, but almost every ideology is the best fit *somewhere*.
Barring some major breakthrough, this means that ideological purists will always be at odds with a well functioning country. There will always be a place where their "-ism" isn't represented and they think it should be, and they will be wrong.