I think there is a rise in conservativism that's happening right now, because the left has gone too far left. I think there is a pendulum swing that is always happening in society. If things swing too far one way the pendulum will eventually swing the other way a bit more so to compensate.
a lot of today's conservatives are just former lefties who couldn't handle the criticism of their side's extremist views anymore. they barely have any actual conservative values but associate with it by being edgelords.
It's less of a rise in conservatives as it is a rise in extremists. Moderate views are getting rarer by the day, and it's undoubtedly harmful to society.
Absolutely. Polarization paralyzes democracies. Internet search engines are accelerating this destruction of moderate views. By matching search results to a history of your click selections, they only suggest articles that you want to hear. You become less tolerant to opposing arguments.
Albert Einstein said it is best to make things as simple as possible, but no simpler. Conspiracy theories are impossibly simple, as are the small dysfunctional minds that believe in them.
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I think there is a rise in conservativism that's happening right now, because the left has gone too far left. I think there is a pendulum swing that is always happening in society. If things swing too far one way the pendulum will eventually swing the other way a bit more so to compensate.
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a lot of today's conservatives are just former lefties who couldn't handle the criticism of their side's extremist views anymore. they barely have any actual conservative values but associate with it by being edgelords.
It's less of a rise in conservatives as it is a rise in extremists. Moderate views are getting rarer by the day, and it's undoubtedly harmful to society.
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Absolutely. Polarization paralyzes democracies. Internet search engines are accelerating this destruction of moderate views. By matching search results to a history of your click selections, they only suggest articles that you want to hear. You become less tolerant to opposing arguments.
What I really can't stand are those kooks who are too much into the conspiracy theories.
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Albert Einstein said it is best to make things as simple as possible, but no simpler. Conspiracy theories are impossibly simple, as are the small dysfunctional minds that believe in them.