As you may have heard, over at DailyKos.com preparations are afoot for “DK4” — the adoption of new software for the DailyKos.com front page, which will (in my view) hasten the fracturing of the community there into little, sectarian groups. This will mirror (in my view) the larger phenomenon of the resurgence of tribalism in world society in light of the failure of global governance to do much more than support the forces of capital accumulation.
There are, nevertheless, still endemic social problems which are not addressed by getting together in little groups.