binary solo said:
robzo100 said:
I want to know the end-game of people who want to cut ties over differences. Because it might not be in support of their end-game to cut ties. Yeah, they don't like the beliefs, but by unfriending them they polarize the relationship and thus increas the level of polarization within the country. It enables others who were on the fence about unfriending, regardless of what side they're on.
Think of this as the second-part of the main question. So maybe you feel personally comfortable living a life without others in your circle/echo chamber. But what will that do to society as whole? Additionally, what will that do to yourself as person? Friending like-minded people yields a less diverse social circle by virtue of itself alone, and also by virtue of the fact that political affiliations can also correlate with differenct backgrounds, socio-economically, religiously, culturally, career-wise, you name it.
I see the moral implications of polarization as bigger than the practical implications. Implications that I think, for most people, would not be congruent with their beliefs and/or poltical goals.
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Until you dismantle the entire partisan system, this is what you're going to get, and it's only going to get worse. The experiment in partisan democracy is running its course and it is running out of legitimacy. A new form of democracy must replace it if you want people to become less divided and isolated into their own like-minded groups.
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Well, it's the morning here(NY) and Trump just won. Shocked, was slightly against him, slightly for Hillary. I want to wait on judging him until I see his actions. I think many of his words, as well as Hillary's, were clearly campaign words.
One action, by whomever would have won, that will please me greatly is seeing some reform towards the election process and this partisan experiment.
