Do you think that you could fight division with division? I know how that sounds but hear me out.

What do you think would happen if blue states and red states made a pact to try and heavily incentivize all people on the left to relocate to blue states and all people on the right to relocate to red states?

Perhaps the reason things are so hostile between the aisles has a lot to do with the fact that people who want vastly different things from their government are being forced to live under the same lawmakers and enforcers. If they had their own dedicated spaces don't you think that would allow for a great deal of decompression? Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that?

Sometimes the solution to issues can seem counterintuitive but work very well; for example, did you know that if someone bites you the best thing to do is to force whatever part of you they're biting into their mouth as hard as you can?

Your first instinct will be to snatch it away but that will give them room to bite down harder. If you force it into their mouth it will open their jaw and allow you to quickly remove your appendage from their teeth.

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Perhaps the reason things are so hostile between the aisles has a lot to do with the fact that people who want vastly different things from their government are being forced to live under the same lawmakers and enforcers. If they had their own dedicated spaces don't you think that would allow for a great deal of decompression? Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that?

No... not really, no.

Most social scientists I'm aware off, believe that a large amount of social and bridging capital (depending on the example) favor positive outcomes when it comes to relationships between groups. Social and Bridging capital, is perceived as an amount of relationships within and between diffrent groups. If you know one another and befriend one another, it's easier to create levels of respect altough this isn't a guarantee.

Isolation on the other hand, makes it way easier to move further away from another and see the other as a total outsider. It becomes easier to demonise people you never mingle with. It's easier to foster biasses for people you never mingle with. In short, people often fear (and/or hate) that what they don't know. The more you isolate, the less you know and the more control someone can have over the isolated group towards the unkown surrounding groups. Cause they stopped listening, understanding and learning from the other/opposition.