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I’m anti-institutions. I think they are incompetent. Washington DC is at the top of the stack. 

Plenty of coverage of Trump.

I find mainstream liberals an easy target because they rationalize their political beliefs to an absurd level.

Whereas average conservative is honest: I’m voting for the non-liberal candidate. I don’t care about the rationale or logic.

If average liberal: I’m voting because it’s my team and I don’t care about anything else, I would have more respect. Pure tribal affiliation. Politics is to help those you like and hurt those you don’t. Very Lindy.

my policy preferences lean towards progressive, although I've voted across both mainstream parties and independents (but often more Dem than Rep because of progressive values)

my view: the two-party death grip on US politics is the single greatest threat to national security, as both parties seek divisive issues to split the electorate (interesting read: "The Polarizers – Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era" by Sam Rosenfeld)

what are your thoughts about the recent chorus of people who view Trump as presenting a clear and present danger to the nation because they have sworn oaths to the Constitution and refuse to swear allegiance to a man who wishes to be a monarch/dictator (I'm biased; choose your preferred term, both are being used among protractors/detractors)

or am I rationalizing my political beliefs to an absurd level?

context:
https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0xeb7fcf77
https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0x8d0edd9f

my thoughts

https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0x4812762c

I find it shocking how polarised everything has become and I think the 2 party structure makes things much worse in the USA. I personally don't feel it is that democratic. Here in the UK I would love to see the voting system change to proportionate representation. I hate having to vote tactically for the other main party just to keep the conservatives out. Trouble is the 2 main parties will never agree to PR because it reduces their chance of a majority.

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Fascinating and worrying at the same time but makes perfect sense sadly! Which book? I saw a NYTimes link but could not read it.

the book I cited in my cast is a great deep dive into how the polarization is basically purposeful, as the two parties more or less grabbed onto the corporate concept of differentiation to stake out themselves polar opposite positions on a raft of divisive issues that honestly shouldn't be politicized 

our parties will also never agree to anything that would solve the problem, for the same reason