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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.

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

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

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...?

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