[PointlessLogin]

> People cannot cope with even the slightest gray area, so they end up saying and doing ridiculous things. Everything has to be 100% good or 100% bad.

I suggest this binary positioning is a very American phenomenon; the cultural reasons for which I'm unable to suggest a reason for.

[d3fault]

> I suggest this binary positioning is a very American phenomenon

I really don't think so. Binary thinking is something I've personally noticed and thought about for a while, and I think it stems from the human brain just trying to simplify things. In most scenarios, it is far easier (and time efficient) to only consider the 2 extreme options rather than the entire spectrum of possible options, even if those two extremes are far worse than the alternatives.

Plus, I've seen Europeans do the same thing all the time [0]. Remember, polarization (which is really just an extension of tribalism imo) isn't an American condition, it's a human condition.

[0] I've lived in both the US and Europe

[a123b456c]

This citation [0] is not particularly authoritative.

[tsol]

You think only Americans behave that way? Seems like a very binary way of thinking..

[PointlessLogin]

> You think only Americans behave that way?

No I didn't type that. Your reading it that way is..... binary?

[dumpsterdiver]

So you're making a suggestion but you don't know why? Uh... thanks?

[PointlessLogin]

sigh

It is possible to observe behaviour without knowing what causes it.

"I suggest drinking heavily is a very British phenomenon; the cultural reasons for which I'm unable to suggest a reason for either."