"why American society has this need for narrow-focus in ONE specific issue at a time" This isn't an American phenomena, it's a human one. EVERYONE can only foc

"why American society has this need for narrow-focus in ONE specific issue at a time" This isn't an American phenomena, it's a human one. EVERYONE can only focus on one issue at a time. It's a delusion that we tell ourselves that we can focus on more than one thing at a time: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2012/04/24/yanss-podcast-episode-one/ https://youarenotsosmart.com/2012/04/24/yanss-podcast-episod... (That doesn't mean we can't talk about one and then talk about another, which is probably what you meant. But you still have to do one at a time, or make a comparison, you can't just consider all issues simultaneously)