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Originally Posted by flamesfever
However, I think with all that has been going on over the past few years, politics has started to occupy more of people's minds, and obviously become very polarized. I think a lot of it has to do with social media, the biased press, financial pressures, and the feeling of being powerless. Combine this with other problems in life, and things can get emotional pretty easy...
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I think that’s exactly what’s going on. People who, for whatever reason, are feeling stressed and resentful have an endless supply of content at their fingertips to manifest that anger. And I’ve seen data that bears out your observation - middle-class people today are spending way more time immersed in contentious political issues than a decade ago.