Tolerance Some people can live with ambiguity; others can’t. The proportion of such people in society determines its political leaning.
Ignorance The proliferation of media (social and other) has ruined politics. Before, politicians were doing an occasional good thing, out of sheer ignorance.
Irony Our parents’ generation, living in Eastern Block, was listening to VOA in order to get uncensored news. Their children, living in the West, are doing the same, watching RT and other sources.