Politics Shouldn’t Come First

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For years now, it has been lamented that America is sadly riven with “political polarization”, as debates adopt more intensity, the social landscape appears more heated and primed for a fight, and media is increasingly stretched away from their nonpartisan origins.

Polarization — or the retreat of political stances to the extremes — though no doubt a powerful influence, seems, however, to tell only half the…