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In response to "I do honestly wonder how our countries are going to hang together. We're not quite as polarized, but getting there." by Name Withheld by Request

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

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 30 '16, 09:49

race the driving factor again? Is it terrorism that is making people afraid and intolerant? We had immigration before and while it was not without its issues, it wasn't like this. Is it just the economic evolution that is making manufacturing jobs disappear and switching to a more technical and service economy that some people aren't trained or suited for? Some combination? It just seems like a lot of these issues existed before and while we had massive events like the Civil War in the past, it seemed we had moved past a lot of it. I guess not. The other part that is strange is that the same issues seem to be impacting Western countries all over the world in similar ways. It feels like the spilling over of the Middle East mess may be driving a good piece of it.

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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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