Political Polarisation is only going to get worse (Study)

[McSchlomo]

Modeling the emergence of affective polarization in the social media society

Rising political polarization in recent decades has hampered and gridlocked policymaking, as well as weakened trust in democratic institutions. These developments have been linked to the idea that new media technology fosters extreme views and political conflict by facilitating self-segregation...

journals.plos.org

(Warning: long, only for nerds)

I haven't had time to properly read the actual study and have only read a (german) tl;dr of it.

Basically, it was always thought that social medias are echo chambers, and while thats true, its not the actual problem. In fact, if you get into a debate with someone with opposing opinions and "own them with facts and logic", you tend to only harden their opinion.

Social media is, by now, complete tribalism. All that matters is the identity (who you are and not what you do/say). Identity politics is destroying the discourse entirely.

So far thats not much news, although I feel this study is going into a lot more depth than usual. I'm not super informed in this regard though.

Whats interesting about this study is that there are apparently "points of no return" in this tribalism. The political polarisition will only get worse unless the "tribes" get some kind of common enemy or common goal. Which we all know will never happen.

I'll try to read it more myself later, but I just felt it interesting enough to share it with this forum for now.

Hope its in the right portion of the forum. Never made a thread here.

 

[Epic Fail Man]

Imagine getting into political debates with irl friends. You must be real fun to hang out with.

 

[NekoRightsActivist]

You should just stop tbh, people here have more interest in your porn collection than your "critical thinking skill" literally.

 

[RembrandtCourage]

You should just stop tbh, people here have more interest in your porn collection than your "critical thinking skill" literally.

You WOULD be contentious about this wouldn't you, 'neko rights activist'? I think we all know where you stand politically when it comes to cat people.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Imagine getting into political debates with irl friends. You must be real fun to hang out with.

Imagine not having friends good enough to discuss important ideas and handle reasonable disagreements between adults.

 

[NekoRightsActivist]

You WOULD be contentious about this wouldn't you, 'neko rights activist'? I think we all know where you stand politically when it comes to cat people.

Yes and no, I don't argue with nekophobics, I send my tulpas to hunt them down

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[Ultrapenguin]

Nigger who cares about what discourse exists on corporate controlled social media? There's a direct correlation between intensity of political opinions, time spent on social media, and abject inability to do literally anything except whine and be fat and incompetent.

Political argumentation is a stupid parlor trick meant to drag you down and away from people and shit that'll actually empower you. Don't be tricked. Just say no to political debate.

 

[Bec]

This goes in Deep Thoughts

 

[Morch Ponkey]

Always vote for comedy option. It's the only winning move in clown world.

 

[McSchlomo]

This goes in Deep Thoughts

Dang.

Knew I'd do this.

Maybe a janny can fix.