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Old 10-18-2022, 08:20 AM   #2576
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Now it’s a fight to the death. When you look at things during Covid and the divisions it’s caused/causing, it’s not a good thing for society. It needs to become acceptable that people disagree and have differing opinions. Instead we have this “gotcha” mentality and the other people are “brainwashed” or “stupid”.
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And it’s not just personality issues. It’s a fundamental change in how politics operates now. Everyone is so entrenched in their position that there’s no wiggle room and no compromise.
If it’s not brainwashing or capitalizing on ignorance/poor media literacy/etc then what do you think it is? Why do you think politics have changed and people have become entrenched?

You’ve basically discarded the two most commonly cited reasons for the political shift so I’m curious what your theory is.
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