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I do honestly wonder how our countries are going to hang together. We're not quite as polarized, but getting there.

Posted by Name Withheld by Request (aka BlueKopo) Aug 30 '16, 09:43

The differences in culture and lifestyle between the urban city living and rural/semi-urban is already gaping with no obvious places to bridge. Without a relatively shared cultural value, I don't know how you hold a country together and prosperous.

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And I don't understand why the polarization has become quite so prominent in the last 10 years or so. Is it the change of demographics that's making - pmb Aug 30, 09:49 15
- Social media. you had a much smaller pool of "friends" that you saw what their opinions were. - iSpam Aug 30, 10:10 2
  - Along with that is the ability to curate the information and ideas you are exposed to. -- nm - znufrii, dad. Aug 30, 10:15
  - agreed -- nm - Beaker Aug 30, 10:12
- I think it's more than 10 years or so. There's a number of factors that likely weighs in. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 10:02 1
  - I trace it back to the introduction of the Designated Hitter rule... OF COURSE the world is going to go to shit after that... -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 10:05
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  - Canada's one of the least religious countries in the world and it's happening here as well. It's cultural values. - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 10:15 3
    - a lot of regionalism and ignorance based on that regionalism too - Reagen Aug 30, 10:19
    - Sooooo... You're saying Lin-Manuel Miranda could solve world peace with a musical about hunting? -- nm - Ender Aug 30, 10:16 1
      - One of the few shows that sorta gets it is South Park. They seem to get it that neither side gets the other. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Aug 30, 10:24
  - But didn't religion exist before? I considered that and there's no question that religion generally is signifcantly impacting the world (not just here - pmb Aug 30, 09:58 4
    - I tend to attribute it to partisan media -- talk radio, Limbaugh, Fox News, Breitbart, etc. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 10:20 1
      - I do think this is a big part (as well as the 24 hour news cycle), but the fact that it is happening world-wide is something too. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 10:36
    - The speed and volume of sharing cultural information presents more threats to traditional values, as well as more ability to reinforce those values. - znufrii, dad. Aug 30, 10:14
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I do honestly wonder how our countries are going to hang together. We're not quite as polarized, but getting there.

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