Q3
11 results
polarization and political issues arise as a result of fear and uncertainty
we’ve seen identity politics rise and with it whole ingroup / outgroup dynamics rise
I can see how disillusioning it is for children to see the mishandling by government of this crisis
I worry that the political polarization that we are observing today will only increase
we saw partisan conflict, resistance to masks and social distancing, and preventable loss of life
we might be looking at long term degradation in what we’re capable of in democratic societies
there is rise in what you would call virulent fundamentalism or authoritarianism
there is a rise in what you would call virulent fundamentalism or authoritarianism
republicans and democrats are responding very differently to pandemic and often in very ugly way
we have been seeing in the US these two tribes [democrats and republicans] fighting each other
we know that people can be really easily pulled into these kinds of intergroup conflicts
