" It is not a coincidence that all across the world authoritarian demagogues go to great lengths to incite and inflame polarization. They know they will benefit from it. They love it when there is more division, friction, mutual exclusion. They love it when the river between 'us' and 'them' overflows its banks and drives us apart, so that we no longer see or hear each other above the roaring torrent. "

― Elif Shafak , How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division