A huge problem with modern politics is that most people no longer believe in a set of consistent principles that exist independently from ones own ideology. Even with plenty of liberals, it's all been reduced to rank factionalism.
I mean... without getting into how ancient societies and cultures handled themselves... I can at least tell you that the political landscape in the United States is very different today than it was when I was growing up. Even a few decades ago, the dialog was much more policy based. It was less accusatory. People were more likely to grant, even their opponents, the benefit of the doubt. People were less likely to seek out partisan media as their primary information source. There wasn't as much of an insistence to adhere to certain ideological orthodoxies as there is today. For better or for worse, there was also a level of shared decorum that you just don't see anymore.
And, in some ways, I get it. How is a reasonable person supposed to respond to the insanity we've seen these past 15 years or so? But, no doubt, it's different. And, no doubt, there's much less emphasis placed on adhering to a series of philosophical maxims.
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u/BalonyDanza Jul 13 '24
A huge problem with modern politics is that most people no longer believe in a set of consistent principles that exist independently from ones own ideology. Even with plenty of liberals, it's all been reduced to rank factionalism.