[wildmanxx]

> All-or-nothing thinking – which psychologists call ‘splitting’ – is a symptom of certain personality disorders.

And yet it permeates American culture right through its core.

With me or against me. Good or bad. Right or wrong. Amazing or horrible. Left or right. Freedom or communism. No compromise.

As a corollary, I wonder if it follows that the American culture counts as a personality disorder. (Let the downvotes come!)