This has nothing to do with worldviews. It's just that a statement like this: > If I were to make a list of my top-10 problems, corruption would be near the t

This has nothing to do with worldviews. It's just that a statement like this: > If I were to make a list of my top-10 problems, corruption would be near the top. None of the cases I've seen involved money laundering. rather clearly reveals your lack of understanding of the topic at hand. The fact that you think this has anything to do with political polarization is another clue that you have no idea what you're talking about. Your repeated attempts to anchor all of this to your personal experience are also quite revealing with respect to both your bias and lack of grounding in the subject. And this isn't about your conclusions being wrong - it's just that you (and people like you) seem to form absurdly strong opinions when you don't even have the slightest clue regarding why things are the way they are. Btw, since you are now pretending that you were this intellectually eager person just trying to have an honest discussion and I somehow poisoned the exchange, let me remind you that this was your first contribution: > If I were to list my top 10 problems in life, money laundering would not make the list. Which, of course, is combative, dismissive and arrogant. Why on earth is your personal list of "top 10 problems in life" relevant to any discussion? Who the hell do you think you are? It's the type of response that immediately signals lack of interest in learning anything, which you have since confirmed. > I'm done here. > I propose we terminate this discussion You can do whatever you want - is your next reply also going to mention how you're really done this time?