Democrats and Republicans live in partisan bubbles, study finds

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Social media, and the tech companies at large, facilitated and created and _exacerbated_ this problem. Its been known for a long time.

https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_b...

Whereas previously people were not so hyperpartisan-ized by social media, they are now. You could have a debate on various topics with your neighbors and friends, but now its two camps. Disagree with me? You are a nazi, or a communist.

Yes, things were so much less partisan in the good old days, when fascists and leftists would start armed revolutions and civil wars.

Do you not understand that people had, thirty years ago, moved beyond that, but now, these companies and tech are re-driving us all back to epic divides that will cause the same...?

I agree. It was just a matter of time. Social media merely accelerated the process.

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