06-24-2022, 05:00 PM
(06-24-2022, 04:11 PM)Au165 Wrote: Gerrymandering the majority from having control is one reason it doesn't actually matter if things are popular or not.
I saw someone earlier say "We are two rapidly diverting ideologies living within a single border that can't sustain on this course for much longer" and I tend to agree with it. This kind of contention leads to radicalization and I worry that we aren't far off from more violence in the near future. Rhetoric being used describing people of opposing views more like enemy combatants than fellow citizens is a bad sign for how this thing goes.
I think that is definitely happening, but those people are the minority. The overwhelming majority of people in this country just want to live normal, unaffected, un-politicized, happy lives. Think about the majority of your family and friends - how many of those people are actual nutcases that would cause violence in order to pass their political agenda? Probably not a lot.
The polarization of those minority groups is wild, though...and definitely a scary thing.
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