@jensorensen
I'm reminded of an ancient Cosma Shalizi quote:
“… our gracious host would really _like_ to be just a little bit to the left of a technocratic center, and to debate those just a little bit to his right about optimal policies within a shared objective function, and pretending that it is a technical and not a political discussion..."

@jensorensen "...But because everything is fucked up and bullshit and because everyone at all on the right has spent forty years (at least) doing their damndest to _make sure_ everything is fucked up and bullshit, even the smallest gesture in that direction is not so much reconciliation as collaboration. And so our host has sads.”

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A world with only one pole ...

@jensorensen in physics, polarization of light means that you can only see a tiny sliver of reality.

Basically, polarisation looks like this https://youtu.be/aiMLJAZajxg

Keep up the great work

@jensorensen How are you, my friend? Could you share my latest post? Sharing is my source of income in Gaza.

@jensorensen just because people use the word improperly doesn't mean the word should be canceled.

For example, a legitimate use: centralized social media polarizes as a byproduct of the incentives of platform owners.

True.

How it's used in the wrong contexts, though, is something that should be called out.

A simple question to ask the claimant is, "How?"

That generally stops them from abusing a useful word in future.

@jensorensen 117% that.

You never fail to deliver, and we love you for that, and more. Keep trucking!

@faraiwe Thank you!

@jensorensen I think this is somehow missing the point. The root of the problem is the first past the post voting system which leaves voters in practical terms with a binary choice between two parties. That is polarisation. That is black or white; right or left; billionaires or poverty - it is not a real reflection of life or politics and the only solution is to adopt proportional representation.
That produces a range of political parties reflecting the range of political views.

@jensorensen I believe that there are inherent rights of people, and that those rights are nonnegotiable. They should be defended at all costs, even with violence if need be.

@jensorensen This is also how I feel when (quite frankly: mostly conservative) people bemoan the "lack of civility" or "death of manners". What they really mean is: can the people who used not to be able to speak out just shut up again so I can enjoy my nice cup of status quo.

Love your comics.

@jensorensen The late civil rights activist Israel Shahak would say "There are encouraging signs of polarization." It is the process of polarization that affects change.