Interesting thought! I think it's inarguable that online discourse is intentionally argumentative in some cases, at least as I understand it that's the definiti

Interesting thought! I think it's inarguable that online discourse is intentionally argumentative in some cases, at least as I understand it that's the definition of trolling and it's trivial to find people who self-identify as trolls. Several people have AirDropped bomb threats on airplanes [0] just for the perverse joy of causing panic, and I'm sure there are many more causing intentional panic on every other available platform and venue. I don't mean to suggest that you believe that there is a simple explanation for this, but I think that like most phenomena there are probably many causes. Like perhaps elite overproduction [1], and the fact that the Gini coefficient [2] and its anti-democratic consequences in the developed world are nearing the level right before the revolutionary period of the 18th century. [0]: https://archive.ph/L2dZV https://archive.ph/L2dZV [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_overproduction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_overproduction [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient