245 sats \ 12 replies \ @grayruby 8 Oct \ on: What is a resolution to the divisions in the USA? mostly_harmless
Starts with finding common ground on basic principles. Then stop listening to the media and mentally fragile people need to get off social media. We all have our biases and opinions but it's absurd how social media has created masses of puppets that just repeat whatever their "team" says without second thought or clap like trained seals at everything their "team" does regardless of how stupid it is.
I know this isn't really answering your question the way you want but I think it would go a long way to allowing for the compromise option.
Common ground on basic principles
I tried this once with a friend and we couldn’t find common ground on the morality of parking tickets
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A cop once gave me a parking ticket on a small side street outside the Eaton Centre in Toronto because I ran in to drop something off to a customer for 5 minutes, 5 minutes before parking became free for the night. I saw him doing it and tried to explain the situation to him but he wasn't hearing it. I was so pissed off because there are signs everywhere saying no standing and there was about 8 cars just parked there idling waiting to pick up people getting out of work. So, if I sat there idling for 5 minutes and waited until parking was free it's A-ok but if I get out of the car 5 minutes before parking is free I have to pay the minimum 30 mins parking. I said "why aren't you giving these people tickets?" and he just got in his car and drove off like a coward. Clearly he didn't have the balls to confront the people in their cars and instead like a snake lurking in the grass pounced on my vehicle once he saw me walk away from it. As you can see, I am still annoyed about this years later.
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People with power gradually come to realize that it's very difficult to enforce the rules consistently even if you wanted to. They then realize that no matter how hard they try to be just or consistent, that injustice and inconsistency will seep through. Eventually, they stop caring at all and just accept that they can enforce their power arbitrarily.
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enforce their power arbitrarily
This is a good way to describe where we are now on a macro level in the US.
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Stanford prison experiment!
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Bingo
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Your rationalization of his behavior sounds accurate.
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Yep, it sure would.
The incentives just don't line up for media to stop doing what they are doing. I don't see people pushing from compromise or understanding even. People (including me) get hooked on arguments and the emotions connected with anger and outrage. We form habits and fall into these traps over and over again. This is why I think division/separation is the likely and probably best option until a plurality of people get it. They get the game.
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Hence the separation advice. I think the US is past compromise. I don't think there is going back.
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Yeah interesting, talk about secession comes along pretty frequently on some of the podcasts I listen to (i.e. Tom Woods).
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