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Originally Posted by joeysteele

Worsened.

I think 2016 particularly became a turning point in splitting societies and even families.

I'd say up to 2012 things were okay but even then cracks were there as to society.

From 2012 onwards however.
Intolerance has taken over, suspicion, distrust and a breakdown on lots of levels.

I don't exclude myself from that.
I have got less tolerant too.

It's actually very sad but I can't see it being repaired or rebuilt either.

Yes though, the last coming now up to 10 years have been in my view, the most divisive generated from the top down as to society.

Agreed. 2016 is well overrated.

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Not to sound too much like an old fogie............buuuut I really do believe Social media has to take a huge chunk of the blame for dividing people and riling people up

Yup. Millennials feel like they have to live the polished fantasy life that people portray on social media and they go bankrupt in the process.

No 19-year-old lad needs a Mercedes and 8 Gucci belts but that’s what certain corners of Instagram will have them thinking.

That and the fact that every other person seems to want to self-identify as neurodivergent (autistic, ADHD, depressed, etc.), all the while trivialising those conditions.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

It all depends what you mean by "Society"?

and then how on earth you would quantify "Better" or "worse"

Being the sort of person I am I’m less interested in governmental/political factors and more interested in people and social trends so that’s what I personally took as hallmarks of society. But you can talk about it from any perspective you want.

And it’s a casual thread on a Big Brother forum. No one’s really asking you to statistically quantify better or worse. All you need to do is give an opinion.