Strongly agree. But we do need functional sociocultural models for productive at-the-dinner-table political discourse. Without that, it’s just immediate psychological stress at the mention of politics, which doesn’t get us anywhere. Trying to change this in my social circles—open to suggestions.

Then why do my friends and I (and their friends) go entire days exclusively sending each other cat memes? Your hyperbole seems to distort important nuances. Always love your passion though lol (not sarcastic)

I’d be interested to hear which idiosyncratic circumstances you might point to!

Do you have any ideas for how one might account for the complexity of public opinion when trying to develop an effective campaign message?

I know this is an open ended question but asking anyway. Can you articulate which distinctions in the workforce you think are important? I'm asking because that seems to play a large role in your argument and I'm not sure I'm inferring them accurately.