WHY WE ALL JUST CAN'T GET ALONG Our Giant Africa Country political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side, other ethnic groups than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized sides together, or at least nudge them toward compromise. Incorrect beliefs are easier to overcome than an ingrained lack of trust. However, as the writer later demonstrate, even that remedy may prove hard to achieve If it seems we are a nation of opposites more than ever, we are. According to a Pew Research Center report in 2014, political polarization of the American public has increased, and partisan antagonism is "deeper and more extensive than at any point in the last two decades." same experience existing in the nigeria state “When we look at people’s political identities, we know there is huge polarization in Nigeria” . But a fundamental question is, are these being driven by what economists would call taste—‘I like yoruba people and don’t like green ibo or hausa’—or is it driven by beliefs—‘it’s not that I don’t like them per se, I just don’t think we can trust them.’ Those are two completely different reasons that observationally result in the same thing—‘I don’t trust them’—but has very different policy implications and takeaways for practitioners.” the overarching issue is what leads people to trust one group over another, which has implications for business, socio cultural existence as well as the political arena. “my view is that it really seems that it’s actually beliefs that drive trust, not taste. That’s actually good news because it’s harder to change people’s taste preferences than it is beliefs,” The idea is the more we can have trusting transactions and relationships and exchanges, that’s going to be better for everyone. This is my little view.....