Claims

Ocasio-Cortez's team and close advisors (particularly whether Brad Lander becomes first deputy mayor) will determine governance effectiveness more than policy positions.

Smaller countries and subnational governance units are easier to govern responsibly than large nation-states, and the future will move from big democracies toward 'microdemocracies' at local and regional scale where decision-making is faster and more responsive to constituent needs.

Unity 2020: A patriotic, above-politics ticket of one left-leaning and one right-leaning leader with equal power and mutual veto, selected for capability and patriotism, would break the two-party trap by ensuring that whichever way the electorate leans, core values on both sides are protected.