What's wrong with the lament of many centrists that our political life has become so "polarized" and was not polarized in a mythical golden age in the past?

Thomas Zimmer states,

"Political 'consensus,' to the extent it ever existed, was usually confined to white male elites and based on a cross-partisan accord to leave a discriminatory social order intact and deny marginalized groups equal representation and civil rights."

#nostalgia #polarization

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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-triumph-of-weaponized-nostalgia