TheQuartering on Nostr: Here's the thing — every time someone tells me politics is "too polarized" or that ...

Here's the thing — every time someone tells me politics is "too polarized" or that we need to "move past division," I want to scream. Because polarization doesn't come from nothing. It comes from years of media algorithms feeding you rage, politicians telling you who to hate, and a culture where being moderate gets you canceled.

And don't get me started on how the mainstream media has been owned by billionaires for decades while pretending it's "journalism." They'll tell you what makes them money: fear, anger, division. And they've been doing their job perfectly.

Meanwhile actual problems — inflation, homelessness, crumbling infrastructure — keep getting pushed down the list because politicians are too busy performing outrage on Twitter or telling their base they're the only ones seeing reality.

At this point I'm just tired. Tired of pretending everything's fine while society burns around us.