> Engagement across ideologies seems to be part of the solution I don't know why people say this, as if such engagement wouldn't cause people to dislike each o

> Engagement across ideologies seems to be part of the solution I don't know why people say this, as if such engagement wouldn't cause people to dislike each other more. If you take two opposed people who are firmly on different ideological sides, they would have to be pretty intelligent and capable of above-average emotional control and awareness to truly or productively engage, and then, in the best case, they realize their normative views about things are fundamentally incompatible and maybe it would be better if they didn't share a country after all. Take the average progressive Manhattanite and have them talk to an upper middle class businessman from suburban Ohio or something who continues to vote Republican; I think their worldviews would be totally distinct and divergent in a way that no good faith attempt could bridge. And of course one can imagine various pairings who might be even more divergent. Contemporary America is really testing the kind of normative gap people can have while being part of the same country, and I worry we will find out that you really can't have that.