As far back as the Reagan era the mainstream media became 90% Democrat. Their "news" was 100% Republicans are bad/stupid/mean and Democrats are normal. So when a Democrat broke a law the "news" was how Republicans are "attacking" the poor Democrat.
This created a vacuum for one company (Fox News) to fill with their "news" of conservative opinion talking heads. So 90% Democrat "news" and 10% Republican "news". That's the world Americans have been living since the 1980s.
I think the power of the two parties together have destroyed any chance for a third party to gain traction. AIPAC also holds incredible power over our system, but that trend is changing. How AIPAC will respond is yet to be seen
ask a democrat what it'd take to vote republican. ask a republican what it'd take to vote democrat. both say nothing, like it's a badge of honor. that's not loyalty, that's just being inventory. I think I found a writer who sees things like me... And it's not really an ideological window that we are looking through... This country doesn't have a ideological problem.This country has a representational problem.
“The barbarian scum recorded their savagery on victims phones and sent it to their families and posted on social media.”
Also, “Leftist use inflammatory words incessantly to create narratives.”
Who is using inflammatory words?
20,000 children. I believe that to be a very conservative number. They were not “barbarians”. Journalists and health workers were and are deliberately targeted.
Stop with this Zionist nonsense. Nobody believes it anymore. Whatever standing 🇮🇱 had is gone. It’s a genocide. By legal definition.
The glaring omission of this essay is Regulatory Capture, an embedded component of capitalism that is so well known that Plato, Aristotle, and Adam Smith all warned about it.
Plato said market based economies were so divisive, so corrupt, and so unstable that they cause revolutions when the income inequality reaches the tipping point so they’re too risky to allow. Aristotle said all of that is true, but we have some now so we just need to heavily regulate them to avoid the worst outcomes. Adam Smith said that Regulatory Capture inevitably leads to corruption but we can avoid some of the worst consequences by preventing monopolies strictly enough.
None of those warnings have been heeded. Today, as more and more capital is inevitably siphoned up to fewer and fewer, politicians, the media, and institutions become constantly cheaper to buy. We can see the full flowering of this in the USA, after the rich have spent 75 years coordinating their efforts to destroy FDR’s legacy.
The hyper partisanship we see is simply the result of one class owning both parties for the purpose of ensuring division so that they can continue to write public policy for their own profit.
Well written, Mr Feldman. May I suggest you would enjoy the book “The Secret Doctrine,” by the brilliant George Monbiot, who has studied the origins and strategies used by the capitalists to control the population.
We could try but there are facts and counter facts. Political issues are complex. At some point it would become a judgement call. It’s a nice idea though.. maybe it could help part of the way
Facts are about what has happened. Most disagreements arise in the context of what might happen, a subject humans are notoriously bad at. Until we recognize this, develop agreed upon ways of sensing what does happen, we will disagree.
I think you've identified the disease, but not yet the cure.
Hyperpartisanship destroys accountability because people become more loyal to their political tribe than to the truth. Elections then become contests between competing narratives rather than independent examinations of evidence.
The constitutional answer is to stop asking politics to police itself.
Democracy needs an independent accountability mechanism that sits above party politics. A legislated constitutional Leadership Accountability Court, with evidence-based complaints, an independent ex parte review, and public hearings before a jury of ordinary citizens, would shift the focus from "Which side are you on?" to "What do the facts show?"
Truth should never depend on which party holds power.
Until we separate accountability from politics, every scandal, every war, every abuse of power, and every major public controversy will continue to be judged first through party loyalty instead of evidence. That's the constitutional gap democracy still needs to fill.
If you blame cable news you yourself are biased. The legacy media has been lying since at least Vietnam. No check. Cable like the internet broke their monopoly. Take a poll of their party affiliation. Says it all
You state with certainty that there is genocide in Gaza. You’re just repeating nonsense. It’s a war zone with barbarians on one side who committed documented unspeakable atrocities on Oct 7. You have no evidence of genocide. None of
Hmmm I’m repeating what the ICC and ICJ said and numerous human watch groups
Israel are the barbarians. They have killed at least 20,000 children. Read my article that details the latest report from the UN about the intentionality of killing children
The ICJ (South Africa v. Israel) found in provisional measures orders (2024) that some rights under the Genocide Convention were plausible and ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts and enable aid. It has not ruled that genocide is occurring. The merits phase remains ongoing (as of 2026). Plausibility is a low threshold for interim relief; the evidentiary bar for a finding of genocide is far higher
Yes and Israeli soldiers posted their atrocities on TikTok. They also made plenty of videos.
You’re doing the classic action that people who defend Israel do: trying to drown out their atrocities by screaming about October 7th. Israel’s response to October 7th was not self defense. It was an excuse to wipe out a people.
• International law expert and Israel Prize laureate 
• Recognized as a prominent legal scholar and human rights expert 
• The Commission grew organically out of the independent Dvora Research Institute, which she established in 2021 
• Served as principal author of the “Silenced No More” investigation 
Other contributors named in Commission reports:
• Dr. Michal Gilad and Dr. Ilya Rudyak  co-authored at least one related Commission report (on family targeting)
• Merav Israeli-Amarant serves as CEO 
• Irwin Cotler is associated with the Commission’s work  (a former Canadian Justice Minister and human rights lawyer, though the search results don’t specify his exact current role)
Leftist use inflammatory words incessantly to create narratives. They don’t use hard facts. A 300 page commission reported hard facts on the horrific sexual based barbarity of Oct 7. Was totally ignored by the media. It didn’t fit their narrative. Try reading it.
Then the interview would have gone differently. I would have asked if they were aware of the ICC and ICJ’s rulings, the UN security council’s statements and every human rights watch group. Undoubtedly he would have said “it was Hamas propaganda
As far back as the Reagan era the mainstream media became 90% Democrat. Their "news" was 100% Republicans are bad/stupid/mean and Democrats are normal. So when a Democrat broke a law the "news" was how Republicans are "attacking" the poor Democrat.
This created a vacuum for one company (Fox News) to fill with their "news" of conservative opinion talking heads. So 90% Democrat "news" and 10% Republican "news". That's the world Americans have been living since the 1980s.
Definitely some truth to that
No wonder the Green Party got so few votes. Well, the hyperpartisanship, the AIPAC lobby and all that money.
I think the power of the two parties together have destroyed any chance for a third party to gain traction. AIPAC also holds incredible power over our system, but that trend is changing. How AIPAC will respond is yet to be seen
I'm curious to see what they'll do, and admit I have some dread around that.
ask a democrat what it'd take to vote republican. ask a republican what it'd take to vote democrat. both say nothing, like it's a badge of honor. that's not loyalty, that's just being inventory. I think I found a writer who sees things like me... And it's not really an ideological window that we are looking through... This country doesn't have a ideological problem.This country has a representational problem.
https://uncomfortable.rxansmithmedia.com/p/you-dont-have-a-party-you-have-a
“The barbarian scum recorded their savagery on victims phones and sent it to their families and posted on social media.”
Also, “Leftist use inflammatory words incessantly to create narratives.”
Who is using inflammatory words?
20,000 children. I believe that to be a very conservative number. They were not “barbarians”. Journalists and health workers were and are deliberately targeted.
Stop with this Zionist nonsense. Nobody believes it anymore. Whatever standing 🇮🇱 had is gone. It’s a genocide. By legal definition.
This reads like it was written by a kid in 8th grade. Plus it’s all left-brain thinking
The glaring omission of this essay is Regulatory Capture, an embedded component of capitalism that is so well known that Plato, Aristotle, and Adam Smith all warned about it.
Plato said market based economies were so divisive, so corrupt, and so unstable that they cause revolutions when the income inequality reaches the tipping point so they’re too risky to allow. Aristotle said all of that is true, but we have some now so we just need to heavily regulate them to avoid the worst outcomes. Adam Smith said that Regulatory Capture inevitably leads to corruption but we can avoid some of the worst consequences by preventing monopolies strictly enough.
None of those warnings have been heeded. Today, as more and more capital is inevitably siphoned up to fewer and fewer, politicians, the media, and institutions become constantly cheaper to buy. We can see the full flowering of this in the USA, after the rich have spent 75 years coordinating their efforts to destroy FDR’s legacy.
The hyper partisanship we see is simply the result of one class owning both parties for the purpose of ensuring division so that they can continue to write public policy for their own profit.
That sounds like a full topic for another article. Thanks for reading and posting
Well written, Mr Feldman. May I suggest you would enjoy the book “The Secret Doctrine,” by the brilliant George Monbiot, who has studied the origins and strategies used by the capitalists to control the population.
Hyperpartisanship also applies to advocacy of AIPAC, ICC, IJC and the UN Security Council.
I wish I could print this article.
It is sort of odd that we don’t have that basic functionality
I agree in principle, but there needs to be an objective agreement as to facts. From the article, I am not sure we’re at that point.
The problem is humans are filed with bias. It’s hard to look at anything objectively
This is true, absolutely. However, there is clear evidence we can agree on basic facts.
I think at it’s rawest, we have the same basic needs. But in our society, needs is secondary to wants. Wants create greed which distorts us.
We have a lot of unwinding to do in order to look at facts
We could try but there are facts and counter facts. Political issues are complex. At some point it would become a judgement call. It’s a nice idea though.. maybe it could help part of the way
There are objective facts. I agree some of the causations are up for debate, but facts aren’t
We can both agree that we need some serious change. That’s why we are here discussing this. We have to keep debating and staying active.
Let’s continue to keep the lines open
Facts are about what has happened. Most disagreements arise in the context of what might happen, a subject humans are notoriously bad at. Until we recognize this, develop agreed upon ways of sensing what does happen, we will disagree.
That’s a brilliant way to say that! Thanks
Nice. We also disagree about what has happened and what is happening. In short, I think we simply are a disagreeable species
Great article, as accurate as it is troubling.
Thank you for your comments and for reading it.
I think you've identified the disease, but not yet the cure.
Hyperpartisanship destroys accountability because people become more loyal to their political tribe than to the truth. Elections then become contests between competing narratives rather than independent examinations of evidence.
The constitutional answer is to stop asking politics to police itself.
Democracy needs an independent accountability mechanism that sits above party politics. A legislated constitutional Leadership Accountability Court, with evidence-based complaints, an independent ex parte review, and public hearings before a jury of ordinary citizens, would shift the focus from "Which side are you on?" to "What do the facts show?"
Truth should never depend on which party holds power.
Until we separate accountability from politics, every scandal, every war, every abuse of power, and every major public controversy will continue to be judged first through party loyalty instead of evidence. That's the constitutional gap democracy still needs to fill.
Yes I think that would help. That was originally the job of the media, but they have drastically failed at that job
If you blame cable news you yourself are biased. The legacy media has been lying since at least Vietnam. No check. Cable like the internet broke their monopoly. Take a poll of their party affiliation. Says it all
I’m pretty explicit that I don’t blame just cable media, just that they are the mongers of hyperpartisanship
Agreed. But imagine what even more bull they would be spreading without a counter.
Well as we look back at the censorship complex, we see that the “counters” censored lots of inconvenient truths
Agreed again. Unfortunately, they both engage in this. That is why I try to read as many sides as possible.
You state with certainty that there is genocide in Gaza. You’re just repeating nonsense. It’s a war zone with barbarians on one side who committed documented unspeakable atrocities on Oct 7. You have no evidence of genocide. None of
A report written by whom?
Hmmm I’m repeating what the ICC and ICJ said and numerous human watch groups
Israel are the barbarians. They have killed at least 20,000 children. Read my article that details the latest report from the UN about the intentionality of killing children
The ICJ (South Africa v. Israel) found in provisional measures orders (2024) that some rights under the Genocide Convention were plausible and ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts and enable aid. It has not ruled that genocide is occurring. The merits phase remains ongoing (as of 2026). Plausibility is a low threshold for interim relief; the evidentiary bar for a finding of genocide is far higher
What about ICC and ICJ? Numerous human rights groups ?
Be serious
Read Silent No More. You wont. You cant handle the truth. Keep defending barbarians if that makes you happy.
The barbarian scum recorded their savagery on victims phones and sent it to their families and posted on social media.
Yes and Israeli soldiers posted their atrocities on TikTok. They also made plenty of videos.
You’re doing the classic action that people who defend Israel do: trying to drown out their atrocities by screaming about October 7th. Israel’s response to October 7th was not self defense. It was an excuse to wipe out a people.
No I’m referring to the Oct 7 massacre
• International law expert and Israel Prize laureate 
• Recognized as a prominent legal scholar and human rights expert 
• The Commission grew organically out of the independent Dvora Research Institute, which she established in 2021 
• Served as principal author of the “Silenced No More” investigation 
Other contributors named in Commission reports:
• Dr. Michal Gilad and Dr. Ilya Rudyak  co-authored at least one related Commission report (on family targeting)
• Merav Israeli-Amarant serves as CEO 
• Irwin Cotler is associated with the Commission’s work  (a former Canadian Justice Minister and human rights lawyer, though the search results don’t specify his exact current role)
Leftist use inflammatory words incessantly to create narratives. They don’t use hard facts. A 300 page commission reported hard facts on the horrific sexual based barbarity of Oct 7. Was totally ignored by the media. It didn’t fit their narrative. Try reading it.
Who wrote this report you speak of?
I notice you keep dodging the ICC, ICJ, UN and human rights reports
What if the first interviewee said, I reject your genocide characterization? Does framing contribute to the divide?
Then the interview would have gone differently. I would have asked if they were aware of the ICC and ICJ’s rulings, the UN security council’s statements and every human rights watch group. Undoubtedly he would have said “it was Hamas propaganda
The issue is not who is right, but which side you stand on. Being tribal is human nature, but being civilized is what makes us different from animals.
Undoubtedly, it’s a form of tribalism run riot
No it isn't. 🤡