Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
As America approaches its 250th birthday, I find myself asking a question that would have seemed absurd when I was young:
How did so many Americans come to hate their own country?
Social media took human beings — once capable of nuance, friendship, and healthy disagreement — and shoved us back into warring tribes like it’s 10,000 BC and someone stole the mammoth meat.
Tribalism in the U.S. has intensified as politics has become more about identity and loyalty than policy debate. Instead of viewing political beliefs as a spectrum, Americans increasingly see them as binary choices—either you’re “with us” or “against us.”
In recent years, our society has witnessed a resurgence of identity politics and tribalism, trends that have a deeply troubling historical precedent.
Since recorded history, humans have gravitated toward forming tribes, creating communities based on shared values, kinship, or common interests.