This is the kind of thing, when I really worry about the future of our nation and the world, that I wish would catch on like wildfire.
The problem with our nation isn't red vs. blue. Contention and debate between the two is the only way to find reasonable compromise. It's about our obsession with how it [I]must be either red or blue and nothing else.[/I]
Certainly an insightful video, thanks for sharing!
Yeah, this is definitely becoming problematic. I lean left, and although I think that Trump is not anything close to an appropriate response to people being annoyed at "PC Culture/Snowflakes/etc", I still think that the extreme/regressive left plays an important role in the events leading up to this. The extremists on both sides of the political spectrum - not just the alt-right - seemed to entrench people in a tribal mindset instead of a constructive mindset where all Americans are united in taking on a problem together.
We've become over saturated with information to the point where some people just seek out what validates their current biases instead of prioritizing impartiality and fact. Especially concerning is how we are still treating important topics like Climate Change as a "politicized debate" or how some people are okay with the ever looming smoke around the Russian infiltration of the GOP. It seems like people are cutting off the nose to spite the face, and I really hope that we as a nation are eventually able to reach the point of constructive dialogue instead of self destruction.
[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52017839]I lean left, and although I think that Trump is not anything close to an appropriate response to people being annoyed at "PC Culture/Snowflakes/etc", I still think that the extreme/regressive left plays an important role in the events leading up to this. [/QUOTE]
Honestly, I have yet to see any proof that the regressive left actually exists in actual politics outside of internet arguments and pointless protests about nothing. They certainly don't control political discussion or make any noticeable dent in votes as can be seen by the fact that you've got a right wing president and we have a right wing prime minister, and things look like they're staying that way. I think they're either a scapegoat or this is one crazy overreaction to nothing in particular.
And I know this is going to seem like me blaming the opposition, because in part it is, but the inciting incident for our polarisation seems to in both cases be the left failing to appeal to regular people because of being incompetent and the right just outright lying. With Hillary being incompetent and too inside field for a time when resentment towards politicians is high and Trump just saying outright falsehoods. Lies that a lot of people still believe to this day.
I know it's not quite the same in the UK because Brexit wasn't left and right, but the liars were the right and there was incompetence from both parties on the remain side. With Jeremy Corbyn basically being useless and slow, and the official and unofficial Leave campaigns claiming they could give £350m to the NHS if we left, which was an objective, undeniable lie. Yet some people still fucking believe it to this day.
I guess by blaming the opposition I'm contributing to this and I'm aware the parallels basically fail because our vote wasn't left vs right, but not everything is that clean cut, I'm kind of just airing thoughts.
The Political Parties are getting polarized, not the voters,
[URL="http://www.hoover.org/research/myth-growing-polarization"]http://www.hoover.org/research/myth-growing-polarization[/URL]
[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;52028221]The Political Parties are getting polarized, not the voters,
[URL="http://www.hoover.org/research/myth-growing-polarization"]http://www.hoover.org/research/myth-growing-polarization[/URL][/QUOTE]
Call it anecdotal, but a lot of my Republican friends had flat out said that they would have considered someone like Bernie were he to run, and some of my Democratic friends said they only voted Hillary because they didn't like Trump, but were otherwise sickened by her and her allies in the party.
Again, anecdotal, but to me it seems like the parties themselves are pushing for polarization to try and scrape the bottom of the barrel to get more votes
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