Imaginary Enemies
The expanding polarization has made it painfully clear that something is not quite right.
William A. Richards • Beyond the Narrow Life
While left and right seem totally polarized, they share one thing: the worship of the self.
Freddie deBoer • No One Is Kenough
American political discourse is deteriorating into two opposing echo chambers. They both betray a conformity in opinion and intolerance towards dissension that could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be identified as "liberal". The furious blows between these political tribes is unrecognizable as a free marketplace of ideas. And the conformit... See more
Jonathan Bi • Johnathan at Limbo — 404
opposing tribes who disagree on particular issues grow even further apart—severely
Al Pittampalli • Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World
The result is very harmful. It’s bad enough that some cable news stations and social media sites deliver only one side of the argument on many issues. But increasingly, they provide “alternative facts” that allow Americans to inhabit different realities. This leads to further polarization and to hostility toward those with whom one disagrees. It do... See more
Howard Marks • Howard Marks Memo - The Winds of Change
This is how I feel when I interact with members of the Alt-Right. Some of them are irredeemable, horrible people. Yet, in my view, to be defined by one’s ideology is already “problematic.” To be unable to associate with those you disagree with (within limits), to think there is an absolute correlation between one’s politics and one’s character, is
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