The Polarization Spiral
I think the author is ultimately wrong.<p>* I&#x27;ll leave a trigger warning *<p>Let&#x27;s have a real conversation.<p>- Half of the US wants their country, traditions and values<p>- Half of the US doesn&#x27;t want a country (no border), upended traditions and no values<p>There are two countries and will destroy each other.<p>One country believes the world is going to end from climate change; that COVID19 is 10-100x more deadly than it actually is; that men can transition to women; that abortion is not murder.. I can go on.<p>The other believes the climate is always changing, but humans can adapt over years; that COVID19 is only 5x-10x more deadly than it actually is; and that a man can be a eunuch and dress like a woman, but still is not a woman; that abortion is murder... again, I can go on.<p>The polarization isn&#x27;t really mend-able.<p>Both sides believe in polar opposites. Only one side believes this is the land of the free where anything is possible. The other side wants believes it needs to impose it&#x27;s will to &quot;stop climate change&quot;, &quot;stop the spread&quot;, &quot;stop the hate&quot;.<p>Don&#x27;t you see it!? The hypocrisy of it?<p>Only one side wants to take away peoples ability to work, to travel, to raise a family, to educate your children, even your bodily autonomy.<p>This polarization is driven by hate. Hatred of traditions and of a history.<p>&gt; “With those three words—‘very fine people’—the president showed that he was sympathetic to the men who staged the most highly publicized march for racism and antisemitism in the United States in many decades.”<p>Yes, because there were &quot;many &#x27;very fine people&#x27; on both sides&quot;, the omitted words are important. &quot;There&#x27;s no excuse for what happened&quot; indeed.<p>This stops when both sides can admit that last years riots which left at least 38 dead were not &quot;mostly peaceful&quot;, but a deadly riot. Similarly, that &quot;January 6&quot; was not an &quot;insurrection&quot;, but a deadly riot (as the FBI already stated).<p>Yes, there were and are &#x27;very fine people&#x27; on both sides, but the extremes on both sides are violent. We as a free people should not oppress our neighbors and that collaboration is required for us to continue as a civilization ... if we can even agree we want a civilization any more.