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young voters say social media to blame for divisions in the u.s (thehill.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A Quinnipiac University poll asked U.S. registered voters to select one of four options to blame for the divisions in the country. Overall, 35 percent blamed social media, 32 percent blamed political leaders, 28 percent blamed cable news channels and only 1 percent blamed other countries.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

unfortunately too many people use that label for anyone that doesn't agree with their opinions. it's unfortunate because fascism is a real concern so we should not dillute the term.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Part of the problem is a lot of people are indirectly supporting it by being single issue voters and "putting up with" the stuff they don't like in order to support the one cause they care about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

the one cause they care about

You mean, themselves?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yep. But they don't see it that way, which is what makes it dangerous