Why is it so difficult to have Political Discussions? Why is it so difficult to agree or even agree to disagree? Why do we keep losing friends and family to political disagreements? Matt and Borj discuss the political polarization occurring in the Philippines and around the world and how to adapt to it through conversation beyond debates.

To participate in your Q and A, you can send your questions, comments and suggestions at pipodcastph@gmail.com or https://ask.fm/pipodcastph0611

Hosted by Matt Ordonez and Anthony Borja

Music by JV Ordonez

Logo Design by Shin Miyamoto

Sound and Video Editing by Anthony Borja

Sources

Explaining Political Disagreement by Andrew Mason

https://www.amazon.com/Explaining-Political-Disagreement-Andrew-Mason/dp/0521053994

Why is there no Political Polarization in the Philippines? By Paul Kenny

https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/08/18/why-is-there-no-political-polarization-in-philippines-pub-82439

On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche 

https://www.amazon.com/Genealogy-Morals-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141195371/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=genealogy+of+morals&qid=1602225228&s=books&sr=1-2

The Social Dilemma (2020)

https://www.netflix.com/ph/title/81254224

Duterte Approval rating rises t 91% amid pandemic, Cayetano Suffers drop, CNN Philippines(2020)

https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2020/10/5/Duterte-approval-trust-rating-COVID-19-September-2020-Pulse-Asia-survey.html

Recommendations

The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics (2009) by George Lakoff

https://www.amazon.com/Political-Mind-Cognitive-Scientists-Politics/dp/0143115685/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+political+mind&qid=1602225280&s=books&sr=1-1

Moral Politics in the Philippines (2018) by Wataru Kusaka

https://shopee.ph/Moral-Politics-in-the-Philippines-i.75162109.1805844945

The Private Death of Public Discourse (1998) by Barry Sanders

https://www.amazon.com/Private-Public-Discourse-American-Society/dp/0807004340

Time

00:00 Intro Music

00:23-Greeting

01:10-International viewers

02:23-Why can't we be friends?

03:02-Encounter with trolls

04:35 Is walking away a good thing?

06:00-Netflix's Social Dilemma

06:40-Cognifive processes; we are not truly reasonable

07:50-Is the Philippines polarized?

10:58-Pulse Asia survey

14:12-Emotional attachments

18:36 -Have you started political arguments?; Biases against Sciences

20:30- Survival and moving beyond the uncertain;

24:26- Culture of debate;

27:10- Politics and Friendship

28:10- Moral Politics and Class; Conyo vs Jologs

29:00- Neurological Energy

30:40- Politics and Survival

32:30- Friendship and Civic Life

34:10- Politics as a Zero Sum Game

37:50- Philippine Collectivism and Individual Opinions

39:05- How to make friends in an unequal society

40:25- Economic Democracy?

42:08- Christian ethics and Amor Mundi

43:18- Conversations with elites and among Citizen

44:28- Practical advice

47:40- Recommendations

50:28- Ask.fm account, Announcement of Q and A for episode 4

51:35- Credits