Have the Left and Right switched places on globalization and consumerism?

Published September 12, 2026 7:22am ET | Updated September 12, 2026 7:22am ET



In 1997, German electronic music artist Christoph De Babalon released an angry, clanking album dubbed If You’re Into It, I’m Out Of It. It sometimes seems as if that moniker is the best, most concise way of describing the current era’s partisan politics.

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