Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with

Re:Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with by neffy on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:52PM (#12914514)

While I'm not disagreeing, the historical record suggests that there's nothing new about an increasingly divided society. Or vociferous exchanges of view for that matter. We are not, and have never been, a tame species.

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Re:Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with by losteric on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:45PM (#12915554)

True, as a species we all but glorify conflicts... but I think democracy does require some degree of social cohesion. I see a lot of danger if our continent-spanning superpower starts to crumble due to internal divisions, especially considering we don't have a clear path to secession.

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Re:Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with by clock_tower on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @08:21PM (#12916796)

I wouldn't bet on the US's longevity. Read Peter Turchin, War and Peace and War (discussed here a week or two ago), particularly noting his part about how multiple imperial peoples can't coexist in a single country...

The Fourth Turning -- on the patterns that generations tend to fall into -- might also be interesting.

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Re:Show HN: Mest – Place to talk with those you disagree with by losteric on Thursday November 10, 2016 @02:07PM (#12923223)

Thanks for the recommendation, I previewed Turchin's book and it's fascinating... I ordered a physical copy right away.

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