America was built on the politics of division
I disagree with this premise. America was built on the thirst for living free by people who were often oppressed by the tyranny of the majority. Whether it be the early settlers like the pilgrims or those who fueled our westward expansion, people just wanted to be left alone to live their lives in relative freedom, according to their own beliefs, their survival and prosperity totally dependent upon themselves, not others. The only “division” was that sown by those who wished power, conquest order and control based on their own beliefs and values. The same division exists today…as it always has and unfortunately always will…the void between people who wish to live free and those who wish to rule and control.
This divide is what made our first civil war so bloody and historically interesting. Both sides were fighting for freedom, while at the same time fighting to rule and control others.
I fear the next iteration will be even worse because there will be no territorial boundaries…it’ll be literally brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor, at least in the beginning. Heck, we could well be living those beginnings right now.
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Old Jarhead.