Not sure about the political and USA-centric part of this, but "People are self-sorting" really hits hard. I feel like people on Reddit, and to a lesser extent

Not sure about the political and USA-centric part of this, but "People are self-sorting" really hits hard. I feel like people on Reddit, and to a lesser extent on HN, are trying now, more than ever before, to label and sort themselves into "us" and "them". Commenting on a post didn't used to require as a compulsory first step announcing which "us" you belong to. In a nutshell: us = rational and fact-based them = irrational and emotion-based All sides think they're "us" and that other sides are "them".