An excellent article (transcript, actually) on why arguing over politics in this day and age goes nowhere. You are not changing minds, you are hardening positions.
" There was a time when political minds changed over coffee and grew cold during long conversations. In living rooms where neighbors lingered after dinner parties, on front porches where strangers became friends through the slow accumulation of shared evenings. These weren’t spaces designed for political persuasion. They were simply the ordinary architecture of human connection, where ideas shifted not through debate, but through the quiet witness of how other people live their lives. That world is vanishing. We conduct our most intimate conversations through screens now. Swipe our way through potential connections and mistake the performance of our digital selves for genuine relationship. The coffee shops have Wi-Fi passwords instead of lingering conversations. The front porches have been replaced by Ring doorbells. Even our protests happen as much online as in the streets."
https://whowhatwhy.org/podcast/eat-dont-talk-why-you-did-not-win-that-thanksgiving-argument/
