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Political left and right both formed extreme wings that attack moderate opinions for not being extreme enough. The right is often threatening violence while the left is trying to get you fired from your job.
We need to get rid of engagement algorithms and actively try to counter echo chambers by injecting moderate content into news feeds.
And this is why it's so important to maintain basic civility to everyone, regardless of political views.
It's a nice ideal, but once the views become too extreme, it's not practical. Not many people will maintain basic civility towards a person telling them they don't deserve basic rights for example.
If 62% of Americans think homosexuality is wrong, does that really matter? Do we really wanna ask them that and act on it?
We are asking to many people what they think independetly of how much time and effort they spend with a topic or if that topic is not superseeded by something else (like an Amendment).
No one is going around and asking people what operating system is better.
My personal assumption, and this is now very critical for my inner conflict: I do believe every opinion should matter and i do strongly believe in democracy but this only works when the other requirement is true: People are reading up and educating themselfs on politics.
Enough people don't.
Enough people in politics don't.
They are there because they want something not because they care.
we're posting Cato Institute links now?
Why wouldn’t you be? The way that people react these days is so all over the place that it’s a no win situation unless you’re talking about financial/economic policy.
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Young Americans are also more likely than older Americans to support punishing people at work for personal donations to Trump. Forty‐ four percent (44%) of Americans under 30 support firing executives if they donate to Trump. This share declines to 22% among those over 55 years old—a 20‐ point difference. An age gap also exists for Biden donors, but is less pronounced. Twenty‐ seven percent (27%) of Americans under 3…
Sometimes it might just be that people formed opinions for matters which are more complex and need more knowledge and thinking of coming to a proper conclusion. If 62% of Americans think homosexuality is wrong, does that really matter? Do we really wanna ask them that and act on it? We are asking to many people what they think independetly of how much time and effort they spend with a topic or if that topic is not su…
Young Americans are also more likely than older Americans to support punishing people at work for personal donations to Trump. Forty‐ four percent (44%) of Americans under 30 support firing executives if they donate to Trump. This share declines to 22% among those over 55 years old—a 20‐ point difference. An age gap also exists for Biden donors, but is less pronounced. Twenty‐ seven percent (27%) of Americans under 3…
Gen Z are the kids of Gen X, not millennials
That's due to extreme polarization, the destruction of middle ground / moderates.
Not destruction of the middle ground, but rather hiding of the middle ground. Moderates do not feel safe to express moderate views for fear of being ostracized and cancelled.
Young Americans are also more likely than older Americans to support punishing people at work for personal donations to Trump. Forty‐ four percent (44%) of Americans under 30 support firing executives if they donate to Trump. This share declines to 22% among those over 55 years old—a 20‐ point difference. An age gap also exists for Biden donors, but is less pronounced. Twenty‐ seven percent (27%) of Americans under 3…
Holy hell, I dislike certain politicians as much as the next guy, but punishing people at work for making donations is absolutely ludicrous. Do you have a link to where you got this data?