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Comment author: JQuinton 06 May 2015 05:01:01PM *  3 points [-]

Here's my half-baked idea.

Since the world is becoming safer, we have less real threats to prevent general ennui and so petty status games start to take on more importance.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 06 May 2015 06:52:41PM 7 points [-]

Except that I would say this political hatred has taken off over the last five years, correlating far more with social media than with the world becoming safer. Has the world become safer over the last five years?