Genie: .."and I don't think any partisanship before has ever rivaled the near-total vehemence and vilification of "the other", that we've been seeing since..the increasing convergence of political and financial power, and the emergence of bigger and more powerful trans-national corporations... (especially?) when they do exactly what your "side" does in the same situation."

Now that makes more sense!!

"What would you do, if you sang out of tune...
You get by with a little help from your friends!..."

GfS