Why Are We So Polarized?

Опубликовано: 16 Июль 2026
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❋ summary ❋
Americans are more polarized than we have been since the civil war, and there’s evidence of a growing acceptance of political violence. How did we get into this hellscape? And how do we get out of it?

❋ chapters ❋
00:00 Welcome back!
02:45 The road to hell
04:54 Politically homeless
06:36 A fairer vote?

❋ guests ❋
Lee Drutman, Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop https://amzn.to/38vIEWu
Adam Taylor

❋ further reading / citations ❋
Political polarization at its worst since the Civil War
https://news.usc.edu/110124/political...

Toward a Theory of Pernicious Polarization and How It Harms Democracies: Comparative Evidence and Possible Remedies
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...

from video:
(1) Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins
https://www.politico.com/news/magazin...

(2) https://www.fairvote.org/rcv

❋ attribution ❋
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
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