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It isn't just politics.  Every single day, from every possible avenue, we are under a barrage of  political, religious, & economic propaganda; news handpicked to be sensational, bloody & divisive; leaders who are hollow, self-serving, and even outright predatory; government and commercial institutions that are corrupt . . . and much of it so ingrained in the identity and function of Western Civilization that the corruption and disfunction these problems bring continue to go unaddressed, even lauded and buttressed, decade after decade.
And all the while we are presented, through advertising and cultural escapes, with a continuous lie that things are working as intended, and if that is not the case for YOU in particular, perhaps you are using the wrong laundry soap.  Or you haven't tried the latest Grease N' Carb Classic from McDeath.  Maybe you're paying for more than what you need? (TM).  Have you asked your doctor if freaking out in public over a minor issue is right for you?  
We all know the lies, and we all know the total width and breadth and time we have invested in them are what is driving us right off the climate cliff.  We can feel the cladding coming loose.  The foundations seem far less like Manifest Destiny and far more like Inevitable Doom.  And some of us are going mad sooner than others.
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I think that some people have a more tribalistic view of politics, which involves "us" and "them" dichotomy, much like a professional sports game or war.  The other political side are the bad guys or team.  In sports and war, people don't get outrage fatigue.  Our side is righteous and just, and their side is evil.  They must be vanquished.  Politics is a zero-sum game, and we are going to win it! 
Others may take the view that we are all in this together, and should be working toward certain mutual goals (generally for the greater good), but due to either ignorance or greed, some of the people on our big national team are working to put their own interests first or are being misled by those who are.  Politics feels like being on a giant committee with a bunch of... "difficult people" let's say, who at best make it impossible to achieve anything.  As a result, we are stuck in a really long meeting, working late, and we would rather be at home eating ice cream and watching TV. >

This, I believe, is the correct answer. People who are center-Left and center-Right have more in common with each other than either group has with their extreme counterparts. People in the middle may disagree on the best course of action, but both genuinely want what's best for the country. People on the extreme ends are focused on winning and being right and subject their members to either woke purity tests or asinine conspiracy theories. >

We’re a nation of rage-aholics.
Half the country can’t even function without their Rage-ahol. >

But why? Is it because of the inherent message, or how it’s presented? Is this inevitable in any system, or just how we have we cultivated it..