I believe that the biggest threat to American society is polarization. Polarization divides and turns us against each other, and so we can hardly get anything done, even on 80-20 issues it seems.
Random Agnostic Thoughts
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Eventhough I dislike the political bias and narratives of both Fox News and MSNBC and others, but I still like listening to them just so I can understand how each side thinks. Some times one or the other is right and sometimes both are wrong.
It seems that any political or philosophical group can become extreme in their views and thinking. They get overconfident or perhaps power pushes them towards that. The agnostic tries to preserve intellectual humility.
As an independent, I tend to view political issues differently. What some Republicans or Democrats might see as an existential threat, I see as a lesser issue.
I hate to get into the politics of things, how it will be perceived, who side it favors, etc. Best to just focus on the policy and results.
The mainstream media are acting more like political rivals, i.e. the pro-Trump side vs. Anti-Trump side, as opposed to just giving the facts and having fair and balanced analysis. If you watch it too much, you get caught up into it, so sometimes it's best to take a step back and remind yourself to approach with a non-partisan perspective.
A lot of times I get to thinking that both Republicans and Democrat ideas can work if tailored properly (not to extreme, measured appropriately, etc). But each side wants credit for their side, so they will paint points from the other side as being totally false or bad. For instance, is socialism really entirely bad? Is it just extreme forms that are bad or can it be tailored to work in some cases?
One of the rare bipartisan moments in the Senate... if your reaction is to ask if Senator Warren is a Democrat or Republican before helping her up, then we really need to start questioning what America has come to...
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