Before the Fall of the Roman Republic

Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic by irrational on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @12:43AM (#30762805)

I remember pre-2006. I was in my mid-30s by then. I don’t recall much open animosity between Republicans and Democrats. Certainly nothing like today. There was a lot of coming together post 9/11. I do think social media was the main instigator of the country falling into open tribalism.

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Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic by pigeons on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @01:11AM (#30762932)

I can't think of how to make a more constructive response, but I too remember pre-2006 (that really seems funny to say), and I'm just laughing at your response. The laughing isn't to ridicule it, I just think its truly funny how much I disagree. I guess back then it was talk radio that was blamed for stoking the animosity.

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Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @07:18AM (#30764759)

While the tribalism definitely existed back then the amount and openness in which it existed was so much less as to be categorically different. For example, people openly blaming one tribe or the other for some aspect of reality that doesn't even fall nicely along party lines wasn't just a fact of discourse back then like it is now.

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Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic by HWR_14 on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:39AM (#30766629)

post-9/11 coming together is an interesting confound. How to you disambiguate a reversion to a more tribal pre-9/11 nature from social media's influence?

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