[xupybd]

Politics is also more tribal and emotive than it's ever been. I'm terrible at not getting upset and replying emotionally to perceived injustices when someone frames facts with a bent towards the other side.

Tech is a big part of the escalation. It was much harder and weirder to yell at strangers before social media existed.

I honestly don't know how we get back to normal. I hope we do because I prefer being able to have discussions not heated arguments about politics.

[midasuni]

Political viewpoints seem more polarised than they were 20 years ago, in America is probably started with the rise of the tea party and Palin’s 2008 bid.

[eevilspock]

> get back to normal

There are billions of people who do not want to "get back to normal".

The contention between those who support and preserve the status quo and those who want to evolve or overturn it is the essence of politics.

[FollowingTheDao]

> There are billions of people who do not want to "get back to normal".

Agreed. And I am one of them. People are here thinking this is about "politics", but really it is about economics. And it is probably why they see more "politics" on Hacker News, because it is a VC organization.

There is tribalism because people are suffering. The fact that someone does not see these people in their day to day life conflicts with a reality that billions of others live with everyday. And the people who are starting to feel it more are an ever growing number of people who thought they were well off.

The idea that we should compartmentalize things is really a human malady, a disorder stemming from our discomfort when we see this truth. That somehow we can separate tech from politics from money is delusional.