Don't know that you're missing anything Justin.......but for me, polarization is also characterized by black/white thinking, and most recently I see it most clearly in some of the discussions about Ukraine.
Once we think we've found the villain, it almost seems as if we stop following the details of any situation...we've reached our 'conc…
Don't know that you're missing anything Justin.......but for me, polarization is also characterized by black/white thinking, and most recently I see it most clearly in some of the discussions about Ukraine.
Once we think we've found the villain, it almost seems as if we stop following the details of any situation...we've reached our 'conclusion' and what doesn't fit our conclusion becomes invisible, gets washed away, or is treated as if it never happened. I see that with America and NATO's role in the war.
People I respect act as if Iraq never happened....as if the Syria mess was something the west washed her hands of, as if foreign policy around the world is irrelevant.
So I'm coming to believe that in many issues that we face today, people don't have the time or the inclination to do their homework..........but are compelled somehow to 'take a side'.
To be honest, it scares me. Because the truth is all the problems we face as a planet are complex, dire and growing worse with every month we dither. But dithering is almost the only thing many people feel safe doing.......once the battle lines are drawn.
When the real emergency is the climate emergency and as far as I can tell, the Great Mother doesn't give a rat's ass about our certainties, our hatreds or our grievances. She wants a stable climate, and she's going to kick ass until she's got it, or everything falls apart as she reacts to our profligate consumption of hydrocarbons.
Everything else seems academic to me. But perhaps we could fight about that!
Don't know that you're missing anything Justin.......but for me, polarization is also characterized by black/white thinking, and most recently I see it most clearly in some of the discussions about Ukraine.
Once we think we've found the villain, it almost seems as if we stop following the details of any situation...we've reached our 'conclusion' and what doesn't fit our conclusion becomes invisible, gets washed away, or is treated as if it never happened. I see that with America and NATO's role in the war.
People I respect act as if Iraq never happened....as if the Syria mess was something the west washed her hands of, as if foreign policy around the world is irrelevant.
So I'm coming to believe that in many issues that we face today, people don't have the time or the inclination to do their homework..........but are compelled somehow to 'take a side'.
To be honest, it scares me. Because the truth is all the problems we face as a planet are complex, dire and growing worse with every month we dither. But dithering is almost the only thing many people feel safe doing.......once the battle lines are drawn.
Polarization=Conflict=constant ideological bickering=Snailmate.
When the real emergency is the climate emergency and as far as I can tell, the Great Mother doesn't give a rat's ass about our certainties, our hatreds or our grievances. She wants a stable climate, and she's going to kick ass until she's got it, or everything falls apart as she reacts to our profligate consumption of hydrocarbons.
Everything else seems academic to me. But perhaps we could fight about that!