Who Is Most Responsible For Divisions In The U.S.? Social Media Ranks #1 Among Young Voters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Table The Talk About Politics At Thanksgiving, Say Voters | Quinnipiac University Poll
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"When it comes to the source of the angry white noise of discord and division, the segment of the population most connected to it is the age group most critical of it," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.

Given a list of four options and asked which they hold most responsible for divisions among Americans, voters say social media (35 percent), political leaders (32 percent), cable news channels (28 percent), and other countries (1 percent).”

“The group that holds social media most responsible for divisions among Americans is voters 18 – 34 years old. Forty-five percent of voters 18 – 34 years old hold social media the most responsible, followed by cable news (27 percent) and political leaders (26 percent).”

  • Windex007@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    If you’re defining Reganomics strictly within the bounds of government policy, then that’s an answer provided by way of politicians.

    If you want to expand your definition to include the societal notions that became internalized as a result of the policies and how they’re perpetuated, the news and social media are a part of that too.

    At this point, you’ve covered every answer except foreign states.

    So you can maybe try and map the existing answers to:

    -politicians being the policy enforcers (of Reganomics)

    -cable media being the billionaire class mouthpiece to maintain those policies

    -social media being the internalized perpetuation of those policies

    Like a wheel rolling on a bicycle, which which is the spoke most responsible for keeping the machine upright?

    I guess my point is that just saying “Reganomics” is just an incanation that some people mutter to conjure broad, bland, completely unspecific injustice. Internalizing it as a single word to dunk on people isn’t very useful.

    I actually think the answers provided by the quiz have significantly more value than if there was an option E, of “40 years of Reaganomics”, as you suggest.

    • tekktrix@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      The “answers provided by the quiz” just serves to allow for the demonization of critical, democratic entities/institutions with no regard for nuance or root cause.
      Unchecked capitalistic exploitation ≠ politicians
      Information manipulation and exploitation ≠ media

      Media (& social media) & politicians are not inherently bad. “An incantation some people mutter to conjure broad, bland, completely unspecific justice” indeed.