Post-Partisanship Is Hyper-Partisanship

A prescient extension of the 'I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup' framework. Outgroups are proximity + small differences (the Nazis hated German Jews, not distant Japanese/Chinese); FARGROUPS (distant, non-threatening) get exoticized (positive Noble-Savage Tibetans, or negative-cartoonish Genghis Khan/ISIS/Kim Jong-un) and used as props in local conflicts. Applications: the religion-vs-atheism debate faded because once Christianity stopped seeming threatening, Christians went outgroup→fargroup (exoticized like Buddhists; Pope Francis as Socially Approved Wise Person); and Bernie-vs-Hillary hyperpartisanship — as bubbles isolate people, the other PARTY becomes a fargroup (Trump voters seem like ISIS) while intra-party factions become the real outgroups. Predicts hyperpartisanship (hating your own party's factions with the venom once reserved for the opposition) + old outgroups (Trump/Brexit voters) getting fargroup-exoticized ('understand the pain of poor white supporters').

Quality 76 · Excellent. Excellent: a strong, prescient extension of the Outgroup framework, coining 'fargroup' and the 'post-partisanship is hyper-partisanship' thesis (which aged well — intra-party factionalism) — a cited companion to Outgroup/Right-Is-New-Left, held below those foundational ones as an extension. 76.

Claude’s paradigm shift 62 · Notable shift. The fargroup coinage + the hyperpartisanship thesis — a strong original extension that aged well. B62.

Real-world impact 2 · Minor. Influential within the political-tribalism discourse; 'fargroup'/'hyperpartisanship' get cited. RWI2.