politics

“American women have never been this resigned to staying single. They are responding to major demographic shifts, including huge and growing gender gaps in economic and educational attainment, political affiliation and beliefs about what a family should look like. 

“The numbers aren’t netting out,” said Daniel Cox, director of the survey center at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank. He ticked off the data points: More women than men are attending college, buying houses and focusing on their friendships and careers over dating and marriage.” https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/american-women-are-giving-up-on-marriage-54840971

History, tech stuff, SEO/marketing, shitposting, etc. etc.

That's what happens when you start to play group identity games in a pathologically individualistic society and exclusionary tribalism kicks in. All that exacerbated (or directly caused) by the fact that those with the power to bridge the divide happen to be the ones who most benefit from it.

cognitive science, functional contextualism, tattarrattat

I think you’re on to something with the ingroup/outgroup thread