We referred to the phenomenon of supporting "unrelated" issues as "issue alignment."
IMO, the "benefits" of tribes just don't nearly outweigh the cons and I have only ever been happier by leaving as many as possible. I can't really say if society benefits from them or not (my guess is no) but on a personal level, I'd say leave any if you realize you're spending significant amounts of time pouring over trivial issues.
I really like these ideas though. Some might find them simple but simple is good. It's _very_ easy to forget things like this while operating in the day to day.
"Issue alignment" is the thing I hate the most about partisan politics, especially America's polarized two-party system.
Why am I expected/forced to vote in a manner that bundles my views on guns, gender/orientation, race, immigration, education, abortion, jobs, war, taxes, and the economy? I'm "liberal" on some of those issues, "conservative" on others, and centrist on most of them. Ain't no candidates (or even party!) for me to vote for.
Yep! Seems to only lend itself to creating a feedback loop too. The more entrenched people get, the more they suck all these other issues into their tribe.
http://stephendavies.org/writings/mitterederEtAl.pdf
We referred to the phenomenon of supporting "unrelated" issues as "issue alignment."
IMO, the "benefits" of tribes just don't nearly outweigh the cons and I have only ever been happier by leaving as many as possible. I can't really say if society benefits from them or not (my guess is no) but on a personal level, I'd say leave any if you realize you're spending significant amounts of time pouring over trivial issues.
I really like these ideas though. Some might find them simple but simple is good. It's _very_ easy to forget things like this while operating in the day to day.