Current Events > Why is compromise/moderacy seen as such a weakness in politics nowadays?

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The fact is, both sides have their strong points and weak points, and it would benefit everyone if politicians (and their supporters) had more moderate viewpoints and values. But it's become a "my way or the highway" situation where trying to compromise and work with the other side makes you "spineless" or "weak".
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Yeah, that's why people should have gone with my Bloomberg-Gillibrand ticket. Both sides would have been happier than they are right now if they did.
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This issue has plagued Democracies since its inception.

It's human nature to divide into groups of "us" to combat "them". Note that in times of external crisis, the "us" group expands significantly as a new, more threatening "them" challenges both parties. For example, you tend to see less partisan bullshit during major times of war or during natural disasters. That's because we have expanded our personal definition of the "us" group, at least on a temporary basis.

The only way to really combat this type of behavior is to unite both parties behind a major issue that we can all agree needs fixing, and now. Unfortunately, these types of issues tend to be major crises, and planning to fix our Democratic issues by invoking tragedy is hardly the ideal path.
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buddhamonster posted...

This issue has plagued Democracies since its inception.

It's human nature to divide into groups of "us" to combat "them". Note that in times of external crisis, the "us" group expands significantly as a new, more threatening "them" challenges both parties. For example, you tend to see less partisan bullshit during major times of war or during natural disasters. That's because we have expanded our personal definition of the "us" group, at least on a temporary basis.

During the short time after the September 11th 2001 attacks, there was a very united country, and even here in New York City, there were a lot of people that were affected toward the positive, it was really a sight to see how helpful and kind people were to each other in that immediate aftermath.

However, it wasn't long before Bush went from being a hero and a patriot, to a perceived villain and a traitor by the time plans were being made to go into Iraq.

By the time Fahrenheit 9/11 came out, it was technically only 3 short years after the incidents took place, and yet the amount of hate some people in the U.S. felt toward George W. Bush and Republicans at that time was immense compared to how during the time after the events they were pretty much all on board with wanting to see the country succeed.
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