This one political theory explains both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

In many ways, likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and all-but-assured Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton seem like polar opposites. One is running as the avatar of identitarian atavism. The other is running as the avatar of enlightened, cosmopolitan progressivism. But one of the most fascinating political theories of the past few years actually suggests that Trump and Clinton are two sides of the same coin.

This theory, which is the brainchild of my colleague James Poulos, is called the "pink police state."

In a democracy, the pink police state is what happens when people start to value their interpersonal freedoms more than their political freedoms.