> And yet, despite people being intensely politicised in all of these dimensions, I have to take issue with this and ask: Says who? Or where? The media - who

> And yet, despite people being intensely politicised in all of these dimensions, I have to take issue with this and ask: Says who? Or where? The media - who rightfully should not be trusted - tells us we're all so polarized. And that's gospel? Are there extremes? And is it good for politicians and "journalists" to build narratives around them? Yes, of course. That aside, at least in the USA, the two party system - which is not required by the Constitution - leaves little grey area. You are either Red or Blue, or so you are told (by the parties and the politicians) it's that simple. (Hint: Often, no it's not.) Nothing is complicated. Nothing is nuanced. Just Red or Blue. That's silly. But rather than try to surface the finer points we are fed narrative after narrative of oversimplification. Don't talk. Don't discuss. Red or Blue. I'm not so sure about "intensely" (e.g., there were Obama voters who eventually voted for Trump), but we are definitely shortly encouraged to take a binary position in a non-binary reality.