Americans seem to be trapped in a Prisoner's dilemma game, and instead of trying to cooperate to make things better for everyone, they do their utmost to be the ones to defect, first.
I find numerous analogies in current discourse, which strongly focuses on vilifying the opposition, questioning their motives in any negotiation and the massive efforts to make communication between the sides impossible.
The rhetoric of "triggering the libs" directly translates into "I'm fine with going to prison as long as the other guy is locked up longer than me" .
And then there is clear "tit-for-tat" tactics in Congress and the White House whenever power shifts: norms once broken are not re-established: when one side transgresses, it is considered politically naive not to pay them back in kind.
Muddying the communication by deliberate Fake News and foreign influence campaigns seems to be deliberately aimed at moderates on both sides who would otherwise be able to find common ground.
I don't see any way out of this apart from a focus on very local politics where everyone as to live next to their political opponent every day.
I find numerous analogies in current discourse, which strongly focuses on vilifying the opposition, questioning their motives in any negotiation and the massive efforts to make communication between the sides impossible.
The rhetoric of "triggering the libs" directly translates into "I'm fine with going to prison as long as the other guy is locked up longer than me" .
And then there is clear "tit-for-tat" tactics in Congress and the White House whenever power shifts: norms once broken are not re-established: when one side transgresses, it is considered politically naive not to pay them back in kind.
Muddying the communication by deliberate Fake News and foreign influence campaigns seems to be deliberately aimed at moderates on both sides who would otherwise be able to find common ground.
I don't see any way out of this apart from a focus on very local politics where everyone as to live next to their political opponent every day.
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