Over half the cultural warfare, mistrust, and hostility are manufactured by partisan hacks on both sides who benefit politically and financially by dividing and disinforming the public. The whole corrupt strategy is to allow candidates to chose voters, instead of the other way round. The media spreads and amplifies the effect and cashes in on the confusion, by capturing audiences looking to vent their outrage.
So honest officials actually working in the public interest are marginalized, and objective reporting on real facts gets ignored. Remember this story ?? Of course not ...
ByDavid Klepper
Published 3:00 AM PST, June 14, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans on the right and the left have a lot more in common than they might think — including their strong distrust of each other.
[b]A survey published on Wednesday finds that when asked about core values including fairness, compassion and personal responsibility, about nine in 10 Democrats and Republicans agreed they were very or extremely important. Yet only about a third of either group said they believed the same was true for the opposing party.[/b]
The results of the poll, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and the nonprofit group Starts With Us, reveal a stark truth at the source of the polarization that has a powerful grip on American politics: While most Americans agree on the core principles underlying American democracy, they no longer recognize that the other side also holds those values.
[u]“This is a hidden opportunity for Americans to reestablish a sense of shared values,” said Tom Fishman, chief executive at Starts With Us, a nonpartisan organization that works to bridge political polarization. "Americans from both parties need to understand that they still share common values," he said, "and to recognize their misconceptions about the opposing party."[/u]
