My grandfather used to say the end of the Cold War was the greatest threat to the US. Without an Other, what do we define ourselves against?
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Obviously he was not endorsing this way of looking at things; he just new it to be the truth.
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We lost a "common" enemy. Suddenly how do we make out own country better? Is this where Religious Right finally found influence?
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Lot of nonsense there. https://youtu.be/ReJ3RltihME
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Just need a giant space monster to unite us all.
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Translation: The end of the Cold War allowed the Right Wing to make Democrats the enemy as opposed to the Russians.
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I think it was the Hastert rule that was the beginning of party over country.
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Counterpoint: Telecommunications Act of 1996 had a greater effect on polarization. https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article-abstract/28/2/153/2198378/Structural-Changes-in-Media-and-Attitude …
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And before that, the end of the Fairness Doctrine.
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Plus collapse of socialist states removed counterweight, alternative. No constraints on white Christianists.
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