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I don't know if this is true.

I mean, look at the time line for when this "increase" in partisan politics occurred. Can you think of anything else that was taking place during that same time line?

I just think things appearance worse now because we're besieged with it 24/7 and from multiple sources.

Same thing for crime. Crime is down across the board, and by a significant margin compared to previous decades. That's a fact. Yet, everyone acts like we live in a war zone?

It's because every little thing is scrutinized and blasted via news outlets and social media.

I think our overabundance of communication has created an incorrect perception about how things are, and I believe this poll falls victim to it as well.
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It's because every little thing is scrutinized and blasted via news outlets and social media.

I assume to get more sets of eyeballs reading their particular brand of dreck so they can claim to hold more sway when it comes to charging for adverts. Fuck knows they can't be profitable based on quality of journalism anymore.




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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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