Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’m thinking so much of it was the first one.

    And when we say “polarization”, I’m sure that’s a bothsiderist way to say: “Republicans/conservatives getting even more crazy”.

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      2 days ago

      The effect of economic turmoil should not be underestimated. “That guy over there took my house” would boost polarization for sure.

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        1 day ago

        I’m just saying that I seem to remember the cons claiming that Obama was so “divisive” all through both of his terms. If you’d ask them what that actually meant, they really could offer nothing cogent as to what they meant.

        Meanwhile characters like Newt and Rush had laid the groundwork in the 90s to really create a lot of polarization.