Plasma is great, it just has terrible defaults and there is no way to back up settings. I spend half an hour configuring Plasma in each install. I can’t believe I’m saying this but as of Plasma 6 and its bug fixes, Plasma is much more polished than Cinnamon.

I suspect the only time the US got close to representative government was the New Deal era. Most people just live their lives and don’t think in ideological terms. The ones that do are considered “too into politics” and usually believe in reform because it requires less of them than the alternative. Anyways, how about that bread and circuses?