Polarization Is Dividing Our World

  

Our world is being divided into two because of 

political parties. Photo by Medium.

 Polarization is two deeply contrasting opinions or values, and the media abuses power. They're tearing us apart by focusing on the division and separation in the world. 

    We are all more alike than we are different, and most people want the most freedom possible for everyone. This is the reason political parties have become an issue. This is causing polarization and division.

Political parties are being controlled and manipulated by fake news. The media makes it easy to divide us by focusing on the extremists of each political party. This is the downside of splitting politics into sections. 

    "Countries with multiparty systems are more advantaged than those under a two-party system regarding societal growth. This is because the voters will have diverse options and not be forced to choose two fixed options," said Goodparty.org. 

Books About Polarization

The Hunger Games
is a series about division and its
aftereffects. Photo by Amazon.

    There are multiple books, whether fiction or non-fiction, that touch on the issues of polarization. For example, The Hunger Games is a fiction book that touches on a world of division, which reaches a point of dictatorship, and fighting to survive. 

    Although this book is a fiction story, there are many lessons presented in it. These lessons include manufactured division as control, media manipulation, and revolutionary dangers. This book teaches us that when we believe we are better than others for not having the same beliefs, it leads us to disaster. 

    There are many other fiction books that also touch on division and what happens when we are divided. For example, the books Why We Are Polarized by Ezra Klein and The Big Sort by Bill Bishop.

    Why We Are Polarized touches on topics involving political values aligning more with social issues. When most people want the most freedom possible. Adding such social issues to politics is what divides us.

    The Big Sort by Bill Bishop is about segregation and how people have all moved into separate communities depending on political beliefs and values. 

    Our society has reached a point of division, and the main issue is due to our two-party system. We are easy to manipulate, especially through the media, when we are split in two.