Everything you just said is spot on. I think the best word to describe things are stale and joyless. I mostly don’t talk politics with people. I have great friends with whom I disagree with, but they’re mostly moderate and still have a sense of humor. I’ve seen people where I work get fired for Facebook posts that are, on their face, just a stupid joke. Everyone wants to be a savior and avoid being the next target. Stand up comedians are forced to throw in jokes about Trump, but no one dares to make a joke about Obama or Joe Biden. It’s so blatantly obvious that people live in fear of each other and that’s not living. They magnified natural divides instead of talking about our common interests. They’ve told us the divides make us stronger, but do everything in their power to use them to put walls between people.