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  What are the roots of the current divisiveness of American politics/discourse? (search mode)
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Question: Select all that apply
#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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« on: June 16, 2017, 12:45:09 AM »

It began with the National Review. The National Review influenced Barry Goldwater, who captured the Republican nomination in 1964, ending the rule that only a moderate could be nominated for President by a major party. It really went off the deep end when Newt Gingrich established a doctrine for congressional Republicans when a Democrat is in the White House: make wild accusations, never compromise, always obstruct, have hearings on everything, etc.

This.
Oh yes. His antics from '95-'98 contributed to the downward spiral in politics. That fact that anyone still gives this s**tstain money says more about them (Fox News) than him. Well I guess he needs to whore himself out to keep the Tiffany's and Nieman credit lines open for Calista's upkeep.

His latest tweet about Mueller is the absolute height hypocrisy this side of Mitch McConnell's current "I'm queen of the manor" routine in the Senate.

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