> For the other half the country, we really don't want to Federal laws to be decided by people in other states that don't share the same values.
Funny people can look at Arabs or Indians and identify “these people have a diametrically opposed culture and cannot peacefully coexist with me”, but can’t extended that to people that look like them and are also diametrically opposed.
It’s delusional to try and maintain a country that’s developed such opposed cultures. You can try to force peace for a while, but it always bubbles back up.
>It’s delusional to try and maintain a country that’s developed such opposed cultures.
Have the subcultures of the US diverged over time or does it just seem that way because it is easier to publish non-moderate opinions because of the internet?
The Internet and cable probably helped spur this movement of bubbles, where economically and socially insecure people can be told their problems aren't caused by the wealthy or the corrupt, but by non-Christians and immigrants.
I think a lot of people, particularly on the right, cannot define what they actually want this country to look like in 20-30 years or how it needs to get there.
I want to share this comment that some nice gentleman had written on one of my comments in some different thread.
Helped me understand a lot about modern america, but tldr, no it feels like its always been this way
source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45376949