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I may be extrapolating too much but it seems this is an aspect of American culture in general. We dichotomize things a lot it seems, from the two party system,
by proc0 7y ago
I may be extrapolating too much but it seems this is an aspect of American culture in general. We dichotomize things a lot it seems, from the two party system, to culture war. Even when trying to get rid of a dichotomy, like gender activist culture which tries to get rid of gender dichotomy, is ironically still putting people into two bins of being an ally or not.
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- neogodless 7y agoFirst, I think there's some trouble in your statement about irony, because you're generalizing all Americans and some perspectives on Americans and then saying they contradict each other. Contradictions aren't valid when they're based on hand-wavy generalizations. But second, to your point, polarization is studied, and it has grown in American as well as elsewhere on the planet. I've been listening to the Argument Ninja podcast [0] about the topic, as well as reading the series by Tim Urban [1] to better understand what's happening, and hopefully learn what, if any, solutions (and hope) exist. [0] https://kevindelaplante.com/podcast/ https://kevindelaplante.com/podcast/ [1] https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-intro.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-intro.html
- proc0 7y agoOh the irony bit was just pointing out how it even occurs in groups of people that are trying to get rid of a dichotomy (that there are more than two genders), but ironically they still form a different kind of dichotomy. (not taking sides here just supporting initial argument)