I missed that the first time around. Thanks for pointing that out. It seems to me that the current two-party system facilitates this "us vs. them" mentality. Yes, there are other parties, but they are much smaller and are often regarded as distractors rather than real threats. The comedian Chris Rock has a bit about this very thing.. "No moral, decent person is one thing." I agree about the media. I don't think it's good that so many media outlets are owned by the same people. I think that lots of smaller media companies would have to compete for attention in a way that the current media outlets do not. I also think that specialized media is more desirable than generalized media as the latter often results in "stories" about puppies and stuff instead of investigative journalism, if only because it's a safe bet that people will tune in for puppies.