artifex@piefed.social to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 3 days agoU.S. Political Polarization Didn’t Rise Gradually—It Spiked After 2008, Study Findsthedebrief.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
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Polarization in the U.S. didn’t rise gradually. A new machine-learning study shows it surged after 2008- but why?
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·3 days agoHmm I wonder what significant thing happned in 2008 that broke racists brains?
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·3 days agoMy parents before Obama: your regular run of the mill uninformed apolitical bigots My parents after Obama: your regular run of the mill uninformed hyperpolitical bigots
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media I remember 2008. That’s when my classmates got into social media.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoTrue, 2010-2012 was when people thought you were weird for not having a Facebook account.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoBingo. I was in high school, so right in the jaws of all of that.
Hmm I wonder what significant thing happned in 2008 that broke racists brains?
My parents before Obama: your regular run of the mill uninformed apolitical bigots
My parents after Obama: your regular run of the mill uninformed hyperpolitical bigots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media
I remember 2008. That’s when my classmates got into social media.
True, 2010-2012 was when people thought you were weird for not having a Facebook account.
Bingo. I was in high school, so right in the jaws of all of that.