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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It can be both. There are obviously going to be certain political structures that are more susceptible to this phenomenon, but what Cliff's talking about here is human psychology. Regardless of the political system you put human beings in, they're still human beings, and the majority of them are going to behave as effectively pre-programmed by evolution. That includes adherence to group norms in an effort to ensure safe group membership, as well as subsequent group polarization.
Political structures (or any social structures, really - institutionalized disconfirmation in the sciences is the most obvious example) can be set up to resist or put pressure on the aspects of human psychology that aren't productive - that's the difference between the Canadian and American systems. But human psychology remains, and the structures are only so effective. You'll get the same behaviours in Canada, even if, as you suggest, they're less obvious. People are still people.
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This is a very deterministic opinion, and I don't believe that it is substantiated. The concept of 7.2 Billion people being "programmed" the same way after being subject to different cultural forces is ridiculously simplistic.