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Driving polarization is a conscious strategy of leaders and the media (especially a particular large corporate media outlet, which is worldview shaping for a la
by kubb 1y ago
Driving polarization is a conscious strategy of leaders and the media (especially a particular large corporate media outlet, which is worldview shaping for a large part of the population), isn’t it?
You could argue that the system rewards it in the short term which is all that matters.
There’s also one party with way less scruples when it comes to the methods it uses, which polarizes the other party against them.
There’s no way to make friends with someone who wants to „take care” of you by violent means.
- skrebbel 1y ago> the system Which system? This article compares 12 countries, which have wildly varying systems.
- kubb 1y agoThe one with the most cultural influence across the western world, whose messaging is parroted by everyone else? Come on let’s not pretend we don’t have a default.
- skrebbel 1y agoI don't know man, in an article that compares 12 countries, writing a comment about one of them without specifying which one is somewhere on the spectrum between plain lazy and American imperialism. Sure we all know which one they mean but it's still a bad comment.
- kubb 1y agoFair criticism.