COMMENT | Push back against political polarisation

COMMENT | When it comes to threats, Malaysia has plenty. Every group has its own bogeyman and fears, and with the increasingly polarised state of our society, it may be a common feature moving forward.

Perhaps we can consider political fears and anxieties as export products since we seem to be quite adept at manufacturing them.

This may be partly due to the separate lives and circles that we live in, which don’t just cut across ethnicities, but also economic status and educational levels, among others.

Nothing novel about having a certain degree of sameness within a workplace or residential area, but our attention also flows to the same echo chambers online which confirms established beliefs and amplifies concerns.

Interactions across communities, when they happen, often are purely transactional. There are clear roles that one is...