re: Our cultural problem can be summed up in one word: WEAK-MINDEDNESS

Speak for yourself with the "we" shite. I don't fall into this category, but society in general has become weak-minded.

Everyone listens or reads their preferred source of news and they can't think beyond what they hear other people say.

They are doing exactly what these politicians want. They want to keep people divided. It used to be that the undecided votes played the biggest factor, now its which side can get the most people to the polls. The number of undecided voters has gotten smaller, which isn't a good thing because that means people are blindly voting for one side or the other and that isn't healthy. Having undecided voters keeps both sides in check.

And the bad thing is, these people don't even realize it. Some idiots will comment to me about how there is only one side to ever consider, etc, etc, etc.. So it shouldn't be surprising that people are easily manipulated, yet it is because it seems so obvious.