WASHINGTON (AP) — Political polarization in America has broken out of the voting booth.
A new survey from the Pew Research Center
finds Americans are divided by ideology and partisanship not only when
they cast ballots, but also in choosing where to live, where to get
their news and with whom to associate.
And peaceful coexistence is increasingly difficult.
The story makes no reference to the economic dis-ease woven into today's society. My feeling is that that dis-ease exacerbates the sense of division and narrowness. In England,
a research paper suggests that the economic downturn may be responsible for an increase in suicides.
The economic crisis in Europe and
North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides, according to figures from
UK researchers.
A study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, showed "suicides
have risen markedly".
The research group said some deaths may have been avoidable as some countries
showed no increase in suicide rate.
When things fall apart, we tend to abandon reason for belief, ideological assertions that a cure is as simple as mass conversion. I imagine that's how the brown shirts came to be. And history suggests that that is our future.
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