[epolanski]

I really find the state of American (but not only) politics dreadful where everything is seen under the lenses of conservatives vs liberals.

Most people I know, everywhere in the world have mixed views on most topics.

Let alone the fact that ideologies tend to change, modern rights are way more populist and economically-socialist than they were 2 decades ago. See Poland, Hungary, Italy, etc, where governments make money fall on the poorest, on the elderly, etc ignoring their historical electorate (middle class).

[quacked]

I agree, but the fact of the matter is that for voting purposes there are two "teams" in the US, and they vote and argue in public down pretty well-defined ideological lines. If you know the two or three most strongly-held moral-political beliefs of an American, it's highly likely that you can guess another 150 sociopolitical beliefs they at least profess to hold to their friends.

[functionmouse]

You must understand, we're only allowed to vote for good cop or bad cop over here.

[apercu]

Bad cop and much much much worse cop. And somehow the latter got elected.

[refulgentis]

People one-on-one have heterodox views, no one likes to think they just take it all wholesale from some amorphous ideology without a leader.

If I could filter "conservatives are X and liberals are Y and it makes no sense" type thought, I would, because it's a driver of this impression.