I think you are responding to a caricature. It's not much different from one side saying, "one particular political alignment is basically interested in creatin

I think you are responding to a caricature. It's not much different from one side saying, "one particular political alignment is basically interested in creating a socialist nanny state." Do you know anyone on a deep, personal level that is of a different political alignment? To the OP's point, retreating to a bubble of people that only agree with you is one way to help such a caricatured outlook can take hold.