Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The new Polar Caps: Societal/Cultural Polarization

In virtually every aspect of society, polarization is occurring, made manifest in various ways:

- The widely divergent voting blocs in the Nation
- A divergence of lifestyles between married and single people
- Geographical choices—leaving suburbs for cities on one hand, and suburbs for exurbs on the other
- A growing distinction between affluent and impoverished
- An increasing separation of young from old
- An increasing separation of ethnic groups from each other, and from the mainstream
- An increasing fragmentation of information delivery means.

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