That’s kinda the dividing political line right now, seems like: the “left,” such as it exists and isn’t a diverse smattering of people, tends to have an intolerance for debate, preferring to shout people down as “cis white males” and whatnot. The “right,” such as that exists and it’s not a bunch of moderates who want better incomes and a bunch of crazies who despise immigrants, seems to have an intolerance for truth, best encapsulated recently in the “Big Lie.”
We know American political polarization is unique, and we know some of the reasons we arrived here. The general list:
- Social media
- 24/7 news (“news”)
- Easier for people to find sites that endorse their worldview and thus go into “filter bubbles”
- People are angry and upset about inequality, jobs going away, etc.
- Trump did the whole “lying without remorse” thing and it worked, so why wouldn’t others copy it?
I mostly write about work, and it’s hysterical to me because this core fulcrum debate exists in organizations all the time too. Typically executives have an intolerance for truth — “We have a great culture!” “We’re killing it on Instagram!” “We’re super digital-first!” — and have an intolerance for debate (hierarchy), and those are the guys running…
