Posted 4/12/2024, 1:33:00 PM
Polarization Soars While Personal Finances Hold: Reasons Remain Elusive But Include Pandemic's Sorrows
- The country is deeply polarized, with both sides agitated, but no agreement on the reasons why
- Possible explanations include inflation, media divisiveness, the pandemic, doomscrolling, or the economy
- But personal finances seem fine for most; it's views on the country's direction that are negative
- Unprocessed mass grief from COVID deaths may contribute to general unhappiness
- The author's hypothesis Trump's presence since 2016 has kept the country in constant anxiety
