America’s Political Debate Makes People Dumber
We need to build new models for political engagement and learning if we want to create a vision of the common good—and keep our collective sanity.
When was the last time you had an enjoyable and constructive conversation about American politics and society in the past 5 years, in-person or online? It’s painful. The buzzwords, the group think, the mangling of facts, the bad faith, the self-righteous posing, the sizing up of people to tear them down.
Politics used to be a field that was mildly intere…
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