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The only thing you can do, really, is to take ‘detox’ breaks and perform self-assessment every now n’ then. I’ve noticed my own leanings shift towards extremes and it’s very hard to pull yourself out of it.
Same man! I, for awhile before Reddit shit the bed, decided I could handle politics again and unblocked politics subreddit and fuck. Quickly pulls you in towards an extreme. I saw what was happening and detoxed like you said, but damn I wish more people could look in the mirror every now and then
The problem is that very few people have the self-awareness required to understand what’s happening to them, especially when extremes are so…alluring. Nuance requires way too much higher-level thinking, and our monkey brains just love ‘thing good, other thing BAD’.
Also, there’s the comfort in belonging to a group of some sort. When there’s so many people who agree with so many of your beliefs, you see the extreme stuff they say and wonder to yourself ‘hm, but what if they’re right about this too?’