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  What are the roots of the current divisiveness of American politics/discourse? (search mode)
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#1
Lingering effects of Great Recession/Economic Inequality
 
#2
America is an empire in a post-imperial world - our large and diverse country naturally lends itself to increased division
 
#3
The government has become complacent as neither party has faced a true existential threat in decades
 
#4
The media is incentivized to promote conflict and sensationalism
 
#5
People feel less agency over the decisions made by government due to increased influence of pan-national organizations like the UN and WTO
 
#6
White men threatened by the rise of women and minorities
 
#7
Lack of a common existential threat - USSR, Nazis, Al-Qaeda
 
#8
A general moral decay, due to increasing irreligiosity and secularism
 
#9
Foreign powers have nurtured divisions between Americans to weaken the nation on the international stage
 
#10
Social media has strengthened the "bubbles" we live in, by showing us hundreds of people who agree with us and little else
 
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Other (explain)
 
#12
Americans are divided, but that's a good thing and reflects a strong democracy
 
#13
America is not any more divided now than it has been in the recent past, it just feels that way
 
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Author Topic: What are the roots of the current divisiveness of American politics/discourse?  (Read 5429 times)
Associate Justice PiT
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« on: June 16, 2017, 10:59:02 AM »
« edited: June 16, 2017, 11:31:45 AM by Senator PiT, PPT »

     The alienation of modern society, giving way to balkanization. Even on a forum like this where people across the spectrum post, genuine interaction is not as common as it should be. Rather, it is far more common to see like-minded people commiserate over how their opposition is evil and the cause of everything bad in the world. Case in point, many of the responses in this thread.
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