{"id":211247,"date":"2024-03-08T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T08:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/how-manners-can-be-a-weapon-to-divide-and-disempower\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:03","slug":"how-manners-can-be-a-weapon-to-divide-and-disempower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/how-manners-can-be-a-weapon-to-divide-and-disempower\/","title":{"rendered":"How manners can be a weapon to divide and disempower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/05102218\/SEI_194500650.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image alignnone size-full wp-image-2420444 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"New Scientist Default Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Elaine Knox \"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>THIS isn\u2019t just any election year. With half the world set to participate in democratic votes, 2024 is being called <i>the<\/i> election year.<\/p>\n<p>As disagreements around issues such as immigration and climate change come to a head, societal schisms are expected to widen even further. But there is one shared ideal that still unites many people: the concept of civility.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, a <a href=\"https:\/\/politics.georgetown.edu\/2023\/09\/20\/battleground-civility-press-release-september-2023\/\">poll<\/a> found that while US voters are increasingly pessimistic about rising levels of political division, they tend to believe very strongly in norms of manners and respect. Ninety-four per cent agreed that \u201crespect for each\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134810-100-how-manners-can-be-a-weapon-to-divide-and-disempower\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] THIS isn\u2019t just any election year. With half the world set to participate in democratic votes, 2024 is being called the election year. 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