#1 Lingering effects of Great Recession/Economic Inequality |
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#2 America is an empire in a post-imperial world - our large and diverse country naturally lends itself to increased division |
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#3 The government has become complacent as neither party has faced a true existential threat in decades |
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#4 The media is incentivized to promote conflict and sensationalism |
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#5 People feel less agency over the decisions made by government due to increased influence of pan-national organizations like the UN and WTO |
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#6 White men threatened by the rise of women and minorities |
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#7 Lack of a common existential threat - USSR, Nazis, Al-Qaeda |
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#8 A general moral decay, due to increasing irreligiosity and secularism |
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#9 Foreign powers have nurtured divisions between Americans to weaken the nation on the international stage |
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#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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#11 Other (explain) |
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#12 Americans are divided, but that's a good thing and reflects a strong democracy |
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#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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