69 sats \ 12 replies \ @Cje95 7 Nov \ on: Political Polarization Relatively Strong in the U.S. Politics_And_Law
In the US with how people label each other, I mean you vote for one or the other you are labeled extreme you think one way about one thing same thing. Adding in how people have created echo chambers with social media it has only fostered this. People might start talking about breaking up but if anyone actually does the math and logistics behind it... its a nightmare that just will never happen.
The echo chambers are painful. Twitter has gone too far to the right, it's become 4chanified. Reddit is a complete leftist circlejerk (in denial again).
For those of us in the center who don't decide issues by identify politics it's infuriating that everyone has gone insane.
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Have you looked into any of the independence movements?
I think Bob Murphy makes a good case in his pamphlet. COMMON SENSE: The Case for an Independent Texas
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Looking at the continent you have the US bordered by water on the East and West coasts and Canada and Mexico to the North and South respectively. It is extremely hard to create a country essentially within an already established one.
Its why with the UK people have said they are going to break up for years but when you do the math of the cost of Scottland leaving Scottland would go bankrupt almost immediately because of the money they would owe the UK with their percentage of the country's debt.
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I tend to fall into the lane that obviously the country is crazy divided but I think a lot of that is reactionary due to social media. I look at it almost like a grudge… rn if I'm a Dem I hate hate hate this and want to burn everything down but in a year when politics politic and non of the crazy things happen that people said yeah we might be different but do you really still hate me?
If that doesnt make sense feel free to say so! I kinda feel like no one else looks at stuff this way lol
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That's possible for sure.
Few things are more foolish to me than how people act about politics in the US. The idea of elevating it to above friends, family, and faith is so foolish.
I just don't see the release valve of elections working any more. Either their will be a peaceful separation or open violence / civil war. Not like "the civil war". Just people fighting with each other based on factions. I started seeing this back in 2016 as a direction and its just became more clear to me. It may not happen in the next few years but I see it happening in kids lifetime.
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Let's hypothetically say civil war erupts. Small and I mean really small parts of the military could put down any crazy Wild unrest.
Between the left and right the left wont fight a military but also wouldn't be able to control it. The right would also get stomped out.
The best either side could hope for would be 1980’s American bombings.
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The USSR was relatively speaking new. The territories it gained in the West were not those that used to be part of it and because of the feeling that they belonged to their land and not the USSR created many of the issues that led to its downfall. Ukraine for instance was resistant and Stalin had to kill 5 million people and cause a famine to get that area under control. Unless you think Mexico or Canada are going to try and annex part of the US then I think we can say for now its highly improbable.
Also the US and Mexico do change the borders fairly often because of the Rio in Texas. As the river moves so does the border.