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- onI keep coming up against people who don't understand that there were 75 some million people who voted for what's happening in America & in the world right now. My fellow progressives & people on the left have become a bit too angry at all of them, as if millions of people are just going to disappear once things are being run rationally again. We can't hate all of them. I suspect there's at least 20 million wives who had to vote for Trump or else & are probably brainwashed to some extent or another. There's another 25 million who just go along with what everybody around them is doing & never had an original thought in their lives. It actually is beyond me. How many people ended up voting for him.bybstewar2...
I believe this to be correct also. I have spoken with political groups who absolutely refuse to even acknowledge "good" that has been suggested or supported by the "enemy" party.... What would actually reduce polarization? We might reduce it somewhat, but there's too deep a rift in our society to make it go away. Around 1925, people with what was a new way of thinking began to take control, little by little.... Great charts on polarization and echo-chambers in the USA
Six-Chart Sunday – Where You Sit Is Where You Stand - by some guy named Bruce Mehlman on Substack 90% of Republicans approved of President Trump’s job performance mid-April (~85 days in), tied for the highest own party approval at this point in the term per Hart Research....