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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Covid forced people online and it forced people to be more aware of online communities. What happened is people are now less aware of IRL community.
It felt to me that before you didn't care that you disagreed with someone about politics they were your mechanic and a good one so you still trusted and respected one another.
Now it feels like people place more value on ideology than other tangible elements of humanity. Like general kindness and hard work. Instead they seek this sort of ideological purity based on online community.
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Don't particularly think covid was a strong driving force on political divide (obviously it became divided because everything does). That started way before Covid and most sane people on either side have moved on. Obama/Trudeau broke a few brains but really it was Trump that drove to the super divide. Lots of people can't understand why anyone would vote/support for a person like him and it drove a huge divide.