America's divisions seem to have no end in sight

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It’s not the European Union's fault we're sinking; it's our own bunch of clowns running the show. How come those Northern and Central European countries aren't going under when they're pretty much all in the EU? We have the opportunities right in front of us said:

If you want to know why we're hitting the bottom so fast, you can definitely blame joining the European Union. We lost a hell of a lot by signing on, yet we didn't get anything in return. Personally, I was against joining from the jump, and honestly, things turned out even worse than I feared. That said, yeah, the absolute incompetence of this government certainly helped push us underwater.

Benjamin Morales3 said:http://195.29.137.68/prvi-program/ao...drustva/45265/NPR segment on the fractures within our society

I feel the need to weigh in here: any kind of political division within a society is, at the very least, perfectly normal.

Conflicting viewpoints and clashing worldviews are standard features of life. They're expected political moments in any nation and any community.

So why are we constantly cranking up the volume on this supposed "dangerous divide," acting like we're teetering on the edge of an American Civil War?
It’s all mostly manufactured. It's artificial.
Disagreement is natural. All a functioning society actually needs is tolerance and a bit of common sense.

There isn't some magic formula where we can suddenly iron out every single disagreement, but we can certainly reach a high level of understanding from our own respective positions...

People today are politically savvy enough to see the fundamentals. Someone voting for traditional marriage doesn't necessarily mean they're against the LGBT community. Someone opposing certain signage in Memphis isn't automatically against minorities and so on.
These divides are broad and basic.
Smart analysts understand that things aren't just black and white. They don't view them that way, even when questions are framed using those oversimplified premises...

Joshua Adams41 said:And what about the elite?🙂
Once Americans start valuing themselves as a truly independent republic, then maybe we can have a real conversation..🙂 This is all just nonsense..

I wonder what a patriot from such a republic would say to Vatican City if they were meddling in their business.🙂