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I agree with your observations. I think part of the problem is BOTH political parties demonize their opponents rather than make intellectual arguments on polic

I agree with your observations. I think part of the problem is BOTH political parties demonize their opponents rather than make intellectual arguments on policy. This makes politics feel existential at the federal level, because it's framed as being about good vs. evil rather than the substance of the policy. The public's trust in institutions will continue to erode until there is no trust remaining soley because every eight years or so BOTH political parties equate losing to the end of the world. The path we're on leads to radical defederalization of the government.

chaostheory 5y ago
> I think part of the problem is BOTH political parties demonize their opponents rather than make intellectual arguments on policy. This started with Newt. Newt Gingrich is primarily responsible for modern partisan politics https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gi... I still strongly feel that the mainstream media deserves a larger portion of the blame.