Why is America such a falling empire, and what the hell are its political divisions?

[Anonymous]

It might actually be best in a long run. I could see this all resulting in some kind of fragmented federalism. States are already banding together to form their own coalitions to preserve rights and protect citizens. Maybe it’s best that Trump is doing his best to destroy the federal government. Perhaps it’s role is better as a sort of series of overarching rules and regulations and recommendations.

It would be pretty ironic if his complete failure as a president somehow benefited the blue states the most.

[Anonymous]

Why do Democrats choose to live in a perpetual doom loop? Unplug and take a walk. Stop making anxiety your identity.

[Anonymous]

A big part of it is quite simple. Politicians used to work together, and they were civil. You'd get your info from the newspaper and the evening news (for those that bothered). Those were the absolute norms. But then social media and talking head news set the two parties against each other in a 24/7 public way, and both sides grew more and more extreme. The discourse became increasingly enflamed. And the end result is that we end up with a crude reality TV star as President. I don't know how our nation can climb back down from these dynamics.

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Anonymous wrote:America appears to be collapsing, and what I have noticed is that more developed and urbanized regions tend to vote democrat more, whilst more rural and un-developed regions tend to be more Republican. Why?

Republicans are hate filled people.

Americans are hate filled people.

My MIL doesn’t even know a single Republican personally, but she speaks of them as the evil, ignorant monsters. She says she’ll never stoop low enough to speak to one.

Hate is everywhere and people have lost the ability to respect others with differing beliefs. They use hyperbole and stereotypes, sticking to the image of the monsters they’ve created.

But republicans voted for Trump, which certainly makes them evil, ignorant monsters. This isn’t a situation with two sides. I’d be happy to see republicans fighting against Trump, I just don’t see any. Feel free to post it.

You just proved my point.

Without talking to anybody, you simply assigned labels: evil, ignorant, monster.

That’s just as hateful. Perhaps you don’t see it, but those of us who moderately sit in the middle see this behavior from progressives and Trumpers.

When you resort to name calling, you’re part of the problem whether you accept it or not.

Actually it’s you that has proven my point. You see fascists, racists, Christian nationalists, history revisionists, and criminals and say that we are wrong because we aren’t going to treat those scumbags and traitors with respect?

No, I don’t. See what you did there? You told yourself a story. You now made me into a monster because I don’t see the world through your eyes.

Yes, I treat people with respect. That’s how we’ll get through this. And I’m able to do that because I converse first, condemn later (if it even gets to that point). When you skip the conversation, as you have, you go straight to condemnation.

That’s the problem. And you’re illustrating it.

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Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

Media helped further the division.

In many cases, media sources exist for the sole purpose of stoking division and hatred for the other "side". When the sheep are sharply divided, blind loyalty is more common and people are more likely to donate to the "cause". 95% of Americans have been duped by this agenda on some level.

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Anonymous wrote:America appears to be collapsing, and what I have noticed is that more developed and urbanized regions tend to vote democrat more, whilst more rural and un-developed regions tend to be more Republican. Why?

Republicans are hate filled people.

Americans are hate filled people.

My MIL doesn’t even know a single Republican personally, but she speaks of them as the evil, ignorant monsters. She says she’ll never stoop low enough to speak to one.

Hate is everywhere and people have lost the ability to respect others with differing beliefs. They use hyperbole and stereotypes, sticking to the image of the monsters they’ve created.

But republicans voted for Trump, which certainly makes them evil, ignorant monsters. This isn’t a situation with two sides. I’d be happy to see republicans fighting against Trump, I just don’t see any. Feel free to post it.

You just proved my point.

Without talking to anybody, you simply assigned labels: evil, ignorant, monster.

That’s just as hateful. Perhaps you don’t see it, but those of us who moderately sit in the middle see this behavior from progressives and Trumpers.

When you resort to name calling, you’re part of the problem whether you accept it or not.

Actually it’s you that has proven my point. You see fascists, racists, Christian nationalists, history revisionists, and criminals and say that we are wrong because we aren’t going to treat those scumbags and traitors with respect?

No, I don’t. See what you did there? You told yourself a story. You now made me into a monster because I don’t see the world through your eyes.

Yes, I treat people with respect. That’s how we’ll get through this. And I’m able to do that because I converse first, condemn later (if it even gets to that point). When you skip the conversation, as you have, you go straight to condemnation.

That’s the problem. And you’re illustrating it.

You treat the senator from Missouri who says that this country was conquered by white Europeans and was built for them and that the USA is the inheritance only of their descendants and that the labor of Black Americans was rightly stolen for them by the more powerful white society and they have no claim to the identity American as equals to whites?? My parents who are brown were handed green cards in their 3 rd year of medical school and asked to come to the US b/c of a dr. Shortage- I was born here and sold a lie that this is a nation of immigrants. You are saying that I have to hold space for someone who is saying I deserve to be a second class citizen to immigrants from white nations?? Also my religion guarantees me the right- as a woman- to my own property and standing as a legal citizen, I am not part of a ‘household’. The present law here supports that right, you want me to hold space for men like hegseth who want to impose their religious value that strip full legal citizenship & financial independence from women who aren’t even part of his religion?? Why would I do that?? I personally think sex outside of marriage is a sin and a social crime that should be punished- do you want to hold space for that??

B/c that is what I am hearing you say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

But they sure like government funneled money from blue states. It’s only interference when their guns and bibles are threatened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Citizens united

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Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

Media helped further the division.

In many cases, media sources exist for the sole purpose of stoking division and hatred for the other "side". When the sheep are sharply divided, blind loyalty is more common and people are more likely to donate to the "cause". 95% of Americans have been duped by this agenda on some level.

The news channels are so different and polarization is so encouraged that people can’t even agree on what reality is. MSNBC and Fox are selling two different versions of America, and those who consume it and buy in are essentially living in two different versions of America mentally.

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Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

But they sure like government funneled money from blue states. It’s only interference when their guns and bibles are threatened.

Blue states are going to need to find a way to choke that off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:America appears to be collapsing, and what I have noticed is that more developed and urbanized regions tend to vote democrat more, whilst more rural and un-developed regions tend to be more Republican. Why?

What in the ChatGPT

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

But they sure like government funneled money from blue states. It’s only interference when their guns and bibles are threatened.

Look at the Hyundai fiasco in Georgia. Those red state fools just cannot stop kicking themselves in the balls.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rural areas favor self-reliance because of their isolation, and that translates to disliking government interference.
In the cities people need to live cooperatively and they understand ways that government structures can help them.
Over time people have moved to areas that favor their lifestyle and share their beliefs, so the country has become more polarized.

But they sure like government funneled money from blue states. It’s only interference when their guns and bibles are threatened.

Blue states have never threatened their guns and bibles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean it is truly remarkable how bad it is to live in the USA yet so many people think it is still great to live here. Many Americans are ignorant how much the world has advanced becuae they've never left the country or probably haven't traveled more than 2 states away.

We have Americans taking Ubers to the ER instead od an ambulance because it is cheaper and they don't want to be saddled with debt. Meanwhile, in many parts of the world, having kid is virtually free at the hospital, an ambulance ride costs $20, and people go to the doctor on average 10 times a year for less than $100.

Public infrastructure in US is like 60 years behind at this point. Japan has had high speed rail that functions on time and has had zero fatalities in basically its entire existence. We went to Taiwan and took an hour long train ride. Total cost: $3 for TWO PEOPLE. Shenzen China? Makes US look like a third world bbehind by decades. So many roads and other areas of the country look like the 2nd world. I mean just drive around parts of Baltimore to vast swaths of the country in smaller towns. Everything is so run down and dilapidated. Look at how many water crises the US has from Jackson, MS to Flint, MI. The US is garbage for infrastructure.

Then there is the crime and violence. Non stop shootings and murder. So much out of control drug use from presciption opioids, to weed, to booze, to shoots. Garbage education. Crippling debt laden higher education. Far less healthier people who are fatter than most in the world.

But thank god the US dumps trillions of dollars on state of the art killing machines to bomb goat herders for 25 years in Afghanistan.

Travel the world more. Developed countries have blown thr US out of the water for the last 30 years. The US stopped developing in like the late 1960s and is more like a 2nd world country. We are honestly closer to countries like Brazil and Honduras than we are to advanced first world countries. The only thing that keeps us here are elderly parents....which of course in the good old USA are impossible to care for because there is zero affordable long term care here due to the craptastic healthcare system.

That’s because our government is invested overseas not on internal domestic affairs. Our leaders care more about Ukraine than giving money to Americans. Social security is called an entitlement program. That’s what Americans worked and earned by paying taxes. That’s not an entitlement. It’s a refund.

This is how the public discourse is wired: international aid is more paramount to public/domestic investment

[Anonymous]

More paramount Than*