The problem is not just here. We are a very divided nation right now.
During the Cold War we knew who the "enemies" were and we fought to be the best in everything (education, standard of living, healthcare, etc).
What has happened is there is no true threat anymore and we are being divided over the radicals on both sides that cannot allow someone to say "I have liberal views and I have conservative views."
Our 2 parties (and even the Liberalism, Greens and other minor parties) dictate views and preach that you must subscribe to all their views or you are the enemy.
There's no concessions anymore, as seen in numerous posts lately, the radicals on both sides consider compromise in anything a sign of weakness and refuse to give anything.
Perhaps we need an exterior enemy to maintain our greatness (as sad as that seems), because indeed we seem to want to feast upon ourselves if we have noone outside to hate.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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