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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		53 (51%)
#2 America is an empire in a post-imperial world - our large and diverse country naturally lends itself to increased division		29 (27.9%)
#3 The government has become complacent as neither party has faced a true existential threat in decades		26 (25%)
#4 The media is incentivized to promote conflict and sensationalism		80 (76.9%)
#5 People feel less agency over the decisions made by government due to increased influence of pan-national organizations like the UN and WTO		14 (13.5%)
#6 White men threatened by the rise of women and minorities		58 (55.8%)
#7 Lack of a common existential threat - USSR, Nazis, Al-Qaeda		31 (29.8%)
#8 A general moral decay, due to increasing irreligiosity and secularism		27 (26%)
#9 Foreign powers have nurtured divisions between Americans to weaken the nation on the international stage		17 (16.3%)
#10 Social media has strengthened the "bubbles" we live in, by showing us hundreds of people who agree with us and little else		82 (78.8%)
#11 Other (explain)		18 (17.3%)
#12 Americans are divided, but that's a good thing and reflects a strong democracy		9 (8.7%)
#13 America is not any more divided now than it has been in the recent past, it just feels that way		17 (16.3%)

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Re: What are the roots of the current divisiveness of American politics/discourse?

« on: June 16, 2017, 11:04:52 AM »

Quote from: The Mikado on June 15, 2017, 06:38:10 PM

Honestly? A growing dread and sinking conclusion that the country's best days are behind it and that the country is going to the dogs, which is shared by people on both sides of the aisle and has been for decades (at the very least since 9/11).

Have you talked to many liberal Boomers lately? A lot of them seem to think that "the decline" started on November 22, 1963 and has only gotten worse since.

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