209 sats \ 4 replies \ @leo 8 Oct \ on: What is a resolution to the divisions in the USA? mostly_harmless
There's no "resolution," pluralism has always been America's biggest strength.
Does pluralism have a breaking point. I guess that is the question? I find it hard to believe that it doesn't.
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I'm not a history expert but the late 1800s and early 1900s must have been a really chaotic time politically in the states. They literally had a civil war, and extreme political views like communism, theocracy and fascism were apparently much more prevalent in the public sphere 100 years ago
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That's true and most people do not realize this fact. Specifically the popularity of fascism. I think people are aware of the popularity of communism. The really interesting thing to me is how popular fascism was and how many of the elite class admired the approach. Some (including me) would argue that FDR was basically a fascist in many ways. Or at least did many of the same things and used the same tactics.
Regardless, the US has been divided before. The civil war for example. My hope is that war is not the outcome again. I think most of us alive today in the US haven't really experienced what a all out war is like. I see this in the attitudes of people that talk about conflict so flippantly.
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