As time draws closer to another presidential debate where there will only be a frustrating number of two candidates representing the two parties that seem to have an everlasting hold on how the US is governed; an evolution seems to be happening. The right appears to be splitting and the left seems to be going further left. Anytime I experience people talking politics; emotions run high as people disagree about how the future of this country should look. Even though the two parties look different today than they did in the past, the current contrast is clear.
I wonder if the success of the US is because the political polarity somehow keeps it in balance. I also wonder if this will always be the case. Is it possible the frustration created from the political views both economically and socially could cause another civil war? This gave me a hypothetical thought: If the US could fairly be split into two nations; one liberal- one conservative and then fast forward the clock 75 years what would each nation look like? The split would be north to south so each side would still have a connection to Mexico and Canada.
Which side takes which area really doesn’t matter. Of course the two would be allies. I was trying to think of a name for each side but was at a loss- so feel free to name each nation. I'll just call them the Red Zone and Blue Zone for now.
Each initial thought I had brought on other considerations.
Remember what opinions are.
I saw the Red Zone as being financially prosperous. There would not be poverty. The reason is because if person living in the Red Zone was poor and didn’t agree with the direction the Red Zone was going all they would have to do is move to the Blue Zone. I did however wonder if there can be an upper class without a lower class. If the Red Zone could continue on course without intermittent change of leadership philosophy- would it survive? It would be the only country fully following the capitalistic ideals. Would the Blue Zone eventually look like the Netherlands? Everyone would have health care, no upper class, everyone regardless of their profession would be making the same salary. All wages would take the percentage appropriate where everyone is the same. Everything the Democrats currently desire is fully taken care of. Individuals that are “left” and happen to be wealthy would have to make a clear choice of having their current and future holdings appropriated for the collective good, or move to the free enterprise and overcome disagreements felt there. There wouldn’t be homeless or anyone living in poverty if the Blue Zone. Would a situation like this eliminate homelessness?
The Red Zone would be against abortions. So there would be an influx of women crossing over to the Blue Zone to get them. I have no doubt the Red Zone would have a strong military and national defense. I have mixed feelings about whether or not the Blue Zone would have a military or be dependent on the Red Zone for defense. Would the Blue zone even need military? New Zealand is staying out of business of other countries (for the most part) and they don’t seem to be having many terrorist attacks. Would the Blue Zone take this approach? I think they probably would. There are several other areas like immigration, drugs, religious tone, crime, etc that are among the areas to consider. Somehow I’m left with a thought that one side needs the other. But the frictional different views suggests otherwise.
Red Zone:
Blue Zone: