The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization by Peter T. Coleman
English | August 29th, 2021 | ISBN: 0231197403 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 5.45 MB
English | August 29th, 2021 | ISBN: 0231197403 | 296 pages | True EPUB | 5.45 MB
The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal too—and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the other side. How can we loosen the grip of this toxic polarization and start working on our most pressing problems?
