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Re:Francis Fukuyama: Paths to Depolarization by panick21_ on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:31PM (#32417988)
I challenge you to go to Sweden, travel threw it for 4 weeks and then honestly say its a society that is at each other throat.
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Re:Francis Fukuyama: Paths to Depolarization by southerntofu on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:16AM (#32448439)
I challenge you to go to anywhere that's not obviously a civil war and say that they're at each other's throats.

That argument makes no sense: a lot of people have very exotic tourism in Paris, New York, or in Guadeloupe. Yet for those who look beyond the surface the situation is shocking and on the right day of BLM / gilets jaunes protests you may believe the entire society has lost their shit (when in fact it's just the logical conclusion of a tiny minority of officials/businesses exploiting the entire population).

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome

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Re:Francis Fukuyama: Paths to Depolarization by panick21_ on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:40AM (#32483364)
What a actual metric then would you use to suggest a country is 'at each other throat'. How do you measure that?
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