RE: What Happened to Compromise?
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I totally agree with that. We need a healthy discourse before we can find common ground and heal. When the other side is viewed as—the enemy, stupid, and brain-washed we can't develop the respect needed for a real debate.
Also, some people are, legitimately, brainwashed by the media outlets (echo chambers) they frequent so when presented with hard facts they discount them as lies or conspiracies. That presents a real challenge to consensus.
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Yes, there are those brainwashed people. But I think a lot of that is not complete brainwashing, but mostly comfort. It's so much easier to just stay in the bubble and shout with the masses than saying a word that questions the echo as it comes with the risk of being left out again. And though an echo chamber is no real community, it's the closest thing that a lot of people have as real contact, and they don't want to lose it.