Strategic decision-making is held hostage to ideological polarisation .

战略决策被意识形态上的对立所挟制。

Third , it may be asking too much of washington in its current state of polarisation to give the green light to an ambitious infrastructure plan .

第三，华盛顿目前处于两党对立的状态，此时要求它向一项宏伟的基础设施建设计划大开绿灯，可能不太现实。

Another line of thinking blames the polarisation of the media and political class : when there is an emphasis on partisan shrieking , there is less room for reasoned debate .

另一种想法则把矛头指向媒体和政治阶层的分化：当人们关注于党派纷争时，理性辩论的空间就变小了。

Neither the politics of polarisation nor those of noblesse oblige will serve to protect the interests of the middle class in the post-industrial economy .

在后工业化经济中，无论是两极分化的政治观点，还是“位高则责重”的政治观点，都无助于保障中产阶级的利益。