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> surveys to find the "why" and how we might be able to fix it or avoid it from happening again A 2-party system will always create polarization and lead to bl
by Swizec 4y ago
> surveys to find the "why" and how we might be able to fix it or avoid it from happening again
A 2-party system will always create polarization and lead to black/white thinking in all aspects of life I think.
As a European moving to USA, the part I miss most about back home is the willingness to think of all issues as “Well there’s 5+ sides to this, let’s discuss”. I think that outlook stems directly from our multiparty system where you usually have more than 5 parties in power who need to debate and come to a conclusion.
In Europe, even the fringiest of movements (like the pirate party) often get at least 1 seat in parliament. This may be more symbolic than practical, but it does lead to there being at least someone, somewhere, who says “Yo, this has an impact on fair use! We should discuss”
edit: To expand on why I think this is the why, I’ve found that non-US Twitter is a lot less polarized. There’s the occasional hot button issue that a politician brings up to start a fight, yes, but on US twitter everything gets polarized.
edit2: Perhaps the easiest solution is to ban politicians from Twitter. They’re the ones usually starting shit and trolling for a ruckus.
- pjc50 4y agoCertain parts of non-US twitter were "polarized" enough to start the Arab Spring, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine (leading to its current situation), and it seems that through social media of some sort Iran is currently undergoing a revolt against its own morality police. A huge part of Twitter's popularity and success is linked to its role in coordinating anti-authoritarian action.
- jen20 4y ago> Orange Revolution in Ukraine (leading to its current situation) A gross mischaracterization of which you should be utterly ashamed. Responsibility for the current situation in Ukraine lies at the feet of one man, Putin, and those who continue to enable him.
- pjc50 4y agoI meant the current situation as in everything from the deposing of Yanukovich onwards; the ability of the Ukranians to force a freer, fairer state that isn't entirely a Russian puppet state is their agency and it's down to the Orange Revolution / Euromaidan etc. This is a good thing.
- mnw21cam 4y agoCause and effect isn't a judgement call. The revolution did lead to the current situation, in that if it hadn't happened then the current situation wouldn't have happened. That doesn't deny that responsibility for the suffering is on Putin.