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Who Is Most Responsible For Divisions In The U.S.?
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The correct answer is “40 years of Reaganomics.” Even without modern media, this level of income inequality inevitably leads to unrest.
If you're defining Reganomics strictly within the bounds of government policy, then that's an answer provided by way of politicians.
If you want to expand your definition to include the societal notions that became internalized as a result of the policies and how they're perpetuated, the news and social media are a part of that too.
At this point, you've covered every answer except foreign states.
So you can maybe try and map the existing answers to:
-politicians being the policy enforcers (of Reganomics)
-cable media being the billionaire class mouthpiece to maintain those policies
-social media being the internalized perpetuation of those policies
Like a wheel rolling on a bicycle, which which is the spoke most responsible for keeping the machine upright?
I guess my point is that just saying "Reganomics" is just an incanation that some people mutter to conjure broad, bland, completely unspecific injustice. Internalizing it as a single word to dunk on people isn't very useful.
I actually think the answers provided by the quiz have significantly more value than if there was an option E, of "40 years of Reaganomics", as you suggest.
The “answers provided by the quiz” just serves to allow for the demonization of critical, democratic entities/institutions with no regard for nuance or root cause.
Unchecked capitalistic exploitation ≠ politicians
Information manipulation and exploitation ≠ media
Media (& social media) & politicians are not inherently bad. “An incantation some people mutter to conjure broad, bland, completely unspecific justice” indeed.
40 uninterrupted years of Reaganomics.
40 uninterrupted years of Reaganomics so far.