240: Political polarization in America

<p>The boys review Otto's Orchard Raspberry from Antietam Brewing, then discuss political polarization.</p> <p>Polarization can be divided into ideological -- differences on issues -- and affective -- where you don't like or trust the other side. We seem to be plagued with both.</p> <p>Is the political center defined as half-way between the extremes of both sides? And which side has moved further recently, the radical left or the radical right?</p> <p>We seem to be losing the middle. People are moving to the left or the right, but the middle is emptying out. Why is this? The boys discuss several possible causes.</p> <p>Finally, political polarization might be the result of a changed view of man. Is man a malleable creature that can be molded into the ideal citizen, or is there a human nature that we have to learn to deal with?</p>