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48 sats \ 24 replies \ @Undisciplined 7 Nov \ on: Political Polarization Relatively Strong in the U.S. Politics_And_Law
It's also increasing pretty swiftly, including increased geographic polarization. We're heading towards a break-up.
I don't think the break here in Europe is going to happen just yet. But with Trump's election, it may accelerate, or it may have the opposite effect. Only time will tell!
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I know these things don't always happen just because they seem like the logical outcome (just look Belgium), but it does feel like the direction we're going.
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Breakup or a struggle to see which side has more power?
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That's what elections are. Geographic polarization makes actual breakup much more likely. Neither side needs to control the other in order to get what they want.
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It would have broken multiple times before if that were the case.
We have to find a balance or compromise.
All these old people making stupid decisions isnt helping us.
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We have to find a balance or compromise.
Why? It seems better for everyone if we just go our separate ways. There's no common ground in how the opposing sides want the country to be governed.
Instead of taking turns winning and losing, both sides could just be governed the way they want.
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How do you even go about splitting the usa?
Any ideas?
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It's already composed of 50 supposedly sovereign republics. They just each decide if they want to be independent or join a new union with a subset of the other states.
It's a lot easier than people make it seem.
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Are they actually sovereign?
I think it is a bit harder than you think, that is why none have made that transition.
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None have made the transition, because the last time states tried, their populations were slaughtered by the Feds.
I don't think there's an appetite now to violently suppress state/regional independence like there was 180 years ago.
Opinion polling indicates that regional independence is very popular in every part of the US.