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Senegal's political discourse faces challenges amid increasing polarization
via SeneNews2 min read
Senegal is experiencing a shift in its political landscape, moving away from a tradition of contained political disagreement towards a more passionate and divisive public debate. This heightened passion is simplifying issues, caricaturing opponents, and transforming adversaries into enemies, leading to a sterile confrontation between opposing factions. The current situation is seen as undermining a core aspect of Senegalese identity, characterized by restraint, civility, and a sense of compromise that historically helped navigate crises. Words and actions are becoming more inflammatory, with street protests increasingly replacing dialogue. This shift from reason to instinct in politics is indicative of democratic fatigue, where debate exhausts rather than elevates, and politics exacerbates divisions instead of fostering coexistence. Social media is identified as an accelerator in this process, compressing time, radicalizing positions, and quickly spreading condemnations, leading individuals to entrench themselves in unyielding certainties. A dangerous trend of assigning individuals to camps rather than engaging with them as citizens, and suspecting intentions instead of listening to arguments, is eroding collective trust and civic bonds. The article questions whether this trend is irreversible, suggesting that societies can recover lost conversations by re-establishing doubt, embracing complexity, and accepting that opponents are not necessarily traitors. It calls for politic
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