Over half of voters expect violence, disagree on election legitimacy

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[–]sylla94 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

why do the powers that be push and incentivize such political polarization if it increasingly threatens the entire demographic system and thus a fundamental aspect of their power? can they just not help by doing so

[–]FriedrichLudwig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I suppose they want things just unstable enough to justify authoritarianism, but not to the point where their system collapses.

[–]CosmicChicken 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why not? Chaotic lands are cheap and from what we saw in the previous 6+months, the wealthy has gained unfathomable piles where even a dragon would blush.