From Laurie
Here is a very loosely related looong story that I found interesting (even though I haven't finished it as it is soooo long) Atlantic: How America Ends
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It hasn't happened overnight. The process has been going on for a long while now.
==HIram
It was interesting, I like this concept the best.
"Recent research by political scientists at Vanderbilt University and other institutions has found both Republicans and Democrats distressingly willing to dehumanize members of the opposite party. “Partisans are willing to explicitly state that members of the opposing party are like animals, that they lack essential human traits,” the researchers found. The president encourages and exploits such fears. This is a dangerous line to cross. As the researchers write, “Dehumanization may loosen the moral restraints that would normally prevent us from harming another human being.”"
And unfortunately I can think of no way to stop the members of both tribes from doing so.
They watch their own news, read their own articles, associate with their own friends, etc.
Maybe a substantial threat from outside the country can bring us back together?
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