240: Political polarization in America. What is causing the political divisions in our country today?

The boys review Otto's Orchard Raspberry from Antietam Brewing, then discuss political polarization. Polarization can be divided into ideological -- differences on issues -- and affective -- where you don't like or trust the other side. We seem to be plagued with both. Is the political center defined as half-way between the extremes of both sides? And which side has moved further recently, the radical left or the radical right? We seem to be losing the middle. People are moving to the left or the right, but the middle is emptying out. Why is this? The boys discuss several possible causes. Finally, political polarization might be the result of a changed view of man. Is man a malleable creature that can be molded into the ideal citizen, or is there a human nature that we have to learn to deal with?