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Politics has had a significant impact on modern culture, changing how people communicate. There is a strong political polarization and different parties appeal to specific demographics. Social media and the internet have exacerbated this polarization and created echo chambers. The rise of cults of personality, like the following of Donald Trump, is a concern. The internet and politics have changed communication, with debates becoming less influential. There is also a lack of representation for younger generations in politics. The mainstream media plays a significant role in shaping public opinion, but social media provides more platforms for diverse voices. However, it also spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories. And today, we're going to talk about the effect of politics on today's modern culture, how it's really affected how every single person communicates, how it's changed from 20, 30 years ago, and things are very, very different. And we're also going to look into like political polarization, how like cults of personality come up and a bunch of other different things. So yeah, let's go ahead and get started with like the current state of political culture I think is, it's very polarized, and that's a very easy thing to say, but we have a very fine RTVs, whether they're like a civic or a two-party system, or, you know, micro subcultures and micro communities. How do you represent the different sort of political beliefs and... Right. Yeah. So, what are your thoughts on a political party, or what do you think of today, and how politics are, and how they shape art? Today, how I feel about them, I just feel like they really are like a mockery, you know what I'm saying? In ways of how they speak, how they, even how they try to phrase certain things or try to appeal to the audience, it doesn't matter what color they are. I just feel like how they, like, I just feel they dumbed themselves down to appeal to the audience of today, if that makes sense. Each political party has their sort of like preferred voter, their preferred base. Like, Republicans have a very, more of a masculine audience. I think their highest voter base is non-college-educated white men. And it's... And their demographics appeal like that. They appeal to the demographics in a very different way compared to, like, they're very different, very unique way compared to the Democrats. Their normal conservative talking points feature, like, you know, cutting down, cutting down spending, government spending, lower taxes, you know, like, gun rights, everything that you can sort of... Like, their main popular culture, it really does appeal to, like, a certain demographic. And they try to change their tactics depending on who they're trying to appeal to. Like, both parties do this. But yeah, it really, the messaging has really been almost catering to each individual, like, ethnicity, gender, and it really creates a sense of polarization between almost every single aspect of life. It almost makes it harder for people that's, like, who basically wants to see a change, but there's really no side that they really agree with. I feel like it's hard for citizens like that, truthfully. Oh, definitely. Like, even people who don't really want to be engaged, like, the intense political culture somehow sucked in just because of, like, their identity or, like, just because their willingness to be political gets politicized. Everything, it's kind of like a culture war, really. Like, I can pull a few off the top of my head. They have an M3 branding thing, which, you know, I don't care. The gas stove, I remember that being, like, a big, like, issue that's, like, not an actual... I get what you're doing. A lot of issues that are being, like, pushed by mainstream news, like, politicians in general are not real, they're just, like, performative. And that is exacerbated by, I think, the rise of the internet. Facts. Echo chambers. Echo... Yeah, I feel like that's... I feel like that plays a big part. A lot in today's society. Like, a lot, man. Because everybody wants you to believe in what they believe in or... Basically, everybody wants you to be on the side of their beliefs in this society. If you really look at it, man, like, social media shows that more than anything nowadays. Yeah, I think a lot of people today, it broadens their viewpoints and their perspectives. People, like, a lot of the older generation only watches, like, MSNBC, CNN, or Fox News exclusively. Just one or two of them. And it doesn't, you know, broaden their viewpoint, and it gets even worse. Like, younger people, and even older people in online culture, like, Facebook, where there's these communities that are fostering, like, a lot of these fringe ideals. Like, extremist views sometimes, or Norwich Chan, even Twitter. These communities are, like... Twitter plays a big part. Yeah. Twitter does play a big part in it. Twitter has a lot of political extremism and just general, like, isolated communities that rarely branch out and only accept viewpoints by people similar to them. And it really does harm, like, real, meaningful communities. And also, there's, you know, there's really a hesitancy to accept people's viewpoints. There's a, um... I just don't think that's a good thing. I just, like, I don't think that's a good thing. Like, you know, I don't think that's a good thing. And stuff like that. Yeah. It's detrimental to both development and social skills. Staying isolated and isolated is one very narrow viewpoint. And I think that, in turn, leads to a variety of contradictions, be it in modern culture, or even very mainstream culture. Like, for example, people's personality. Like, well, Magda, like, follows Trump. And however controversial the figure is, she has a very passionately fanatical fan base that has a very ideal, very... in their head. They see, like, the big, masculine, strong, very beautiful, doesn't give a damn about these kind of things, the outsider. And I would be, like, very clever ways, like, to be more than yourself, to appeal to some of the most proud, motivated people in the world. But you can't really... Right. He almost, in some way, has a cult-like father. It's like he's been famous since the 80s. He's been having fans since the 80s. You know, probably die hard for him. He loves everything Donald Trump stands for or says. So, when he jumps into situations, like, probably in a political base, it kind of almost, like, boosts it. You get what I'm saying? Exactly. Right. In some ways, it doesn't even feel realistic when you see those type of things, I swear. Right. That's why I say... That's why I was going to go back to what I said at the beginning. It kind of felt like a mockery, man. You know, like, growing up, it was debates. It was all type of things when it came to men political. But now it just seems like, if you got a lot of money and a popular name, you can run. Yeah. And, really, when it comes to, like, he does a completely different type of thing with each of his Democrats. That, sort of, each has a different goal. For a Democrat, they all have their... Like, put Biden against Obama. And then, he is a China bandit. The shoot that he did, when he tried to go for, like, black voters in New York City. Leg bang. But he usually won. It was... But... They have a lot of... Especially the... They have their own personal... Twitter and all that. Yeah. And they get to talk to people. They use them even more and more now. Because, you know, as we were saying, that's the media places they use for it now. Oh, yeah. For sure. I think... Oh, yeah. Just recently... The Supreme Court... They used a guy named... How do you say his name? I don't know. I guess... Government official. Yeah. You said they can black you? They can't. They can't? I don't know. They used to be able to. It was like a week ago. Yeah. The way that... The internet and just politics have evolved communication. A lot of people went crazy. You have the... The debates, I think, are a big change. Like, you talk about the debates and how they used to be more of a big part of the race. And now... Yeah. When it comes... The debates... The debates showed a lot of communication skills and how you can appeal to your voters. You know what I'm saying? They really tested that. Yeah. Challenging their opponent. I guess you could just go say a speech and try to persuade people to think what you like or to say you're going to do this and it never happens. I don't know, man. Nowadays... It doesn't seem like anything real at all, man. Yeah, it's crazy. The whole... Like policies and leadership skills are usually on display during debates. But, yeah. Even the old, young debates have been a very controversial and popular topic recently. I mean, both of our presidential candidates are above the age of... What age? 70, 80? 9? Wow, man. Especially for Biden in some moments. Yes, he does. Congressional... The age range of both Americans anymore. I don't think it's a viewpoint at all. Entire generational gap is being sort of ignored by people in power. And that's why they do a lot of things they do. Yeah. They do a lot of things. They try to waive a vote for young people while also not giving them exactly what they want. It's just broken promises. It's very common in Washington. But, yeah. I also think that a lot of the misconduct of politicians in recent years has to do with the fact that I think that people who want to be important to almost every aspect of life now are just those guys I really like very much. And I think that really goes to show with the mainstream media effect in terms of how much of an impact it is on the age range of people who want to be important to them. The standards people want to be important to. Yeah. So, to me, it's a very important issue. Publicly, it's a very important issue. It's a very important issue. Like news, for example. Keep updating stuff. They got the messaging. So many different things. Yeah. Social media is going to always play a big part just off the strength of it's a lot more platforms now to be heard. Oh, yeah. You don't have to rely on legacy media or having money in order to have your voice be heard. But also, it's a lot more convincing information. A lot more straight up lies. A lot more unreliable and fakey viewpoints and narratives that are more acceptable. Again, especially more radicalized and conspiratorial views. Like QAnon. I think we talked about that. Yeah. It's crazy how these people believe that, like, oh, yeah, Democrats are eating babies. Or trafficking. Trafficking kids. Oh, yeah. It's insane stuff. They have like a whole cult following behind the anonymous poster. And they really have, like, they believe in all, like, it's a different world what they believe in and what they say and do. It just goes to show how nuts everything's gotten recently. Yeah. I'm looking, man. It don't seem like it's stopping no time soon. It really seems like this is where the world's coming to. I don't know. I hope not. I hope not, too. We'll see how this year's vote goes out. I know a lot of people aren't very excited. Make sure y'all vote, man. Yeah, no, but voting is important. It brings a voice to everyone. And while there are guests, there are people that try to take it away from you. Vote at a local election. Organize for what you believe in. It really is so, so important because even if you don't care about politics, your beliefs and your opinions do matter. And no matter what side you're on, it really does make a difference to just go out there and vote. A lot of people don't realize that either, man. Yeah, no. Some people just don't vote. Just not knowing how. There's so many helpful resources out there. The ACLU has a really good guide on voting guides for your area. Just other stuff like that. The political climate sucks now more than ever, but more people are getting informed. They're trying to ban TikTok just to keep information out of our hands. And it really does—it threatens them. When people speak out their voice, when they are heard, if people are unhappy, there will be change, hopefully. And it puts pressure. I think that's the most important part. Anyways, I think that about wraps up this podcast episode. I'm Cooper. I'm Iman. Yeah, and we hope you join us for our next episode on the psychology of persuasion, which we'll delve into more of the psychological aspects of conversation and kind of get what you want from a conversation. Yeah, that's it. See you. See you later, man. All right. That was good. That was good.
