THE DIVIDED AMERICA -- IS THERE ANY WAY BACK?

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THE DIVIDED AMERICA -- IS THERE ANY WAY BACK?

[+] ballot by B_P
created Thu Jan 27, 05
As an outsider it would seem to me that the United States of America has become a divided nation in a lot of ways. Divided, certainly, by politics. But also divided in other more subtle ways for example those who would favor spending money on education over those who would see it spent on defense. Perhaps the bubble that is the US of A is about to burst, perhaps the US as we know it will implode or morph itself into something unrecognisable.

Now I'm not asking which camp you think yourself a part of but merely what your impression of the divide is and do you think there is any way back?

No way back.
No divide.
Yes things will improve.
Yes, things *can* improve

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COMMENTS:
Yes, stop watching the news and have a beer with your neighbor

by ABC on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:48am [+]

I think people are going to eventually tire of the two parties and there will be a need for a new structure. Neither party fully represents my views and I'm sure it's that way for many others.

by Tadema on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:52am [+]

I don't know if things will improve, buit I believe they can, if:

* Political parties start valuing moderates and stop playing to extremist bases

* We change an electoral system and mindset from "winner take all," to something that provides an actual "representative government."

* We get the Big Money out of politics.

* Citizens start evaluating and analyzing issues instead of falling for labels and spin, as if they were supporting a sports team

by Cathexis on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:53am [+]

winning ... not representing.

Perhaps ditching this two-party system and the bicameral house for something more representative, like a parlimentary system.

by Cathexis on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:54am [+]

Oops ... truncated my post.

Should have started with:

Tads makes an excellent point. Political parties in the US have become self-sustaining entities, concerned with ...

by Cathexis on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:56am [+]

Currently, we seem to believe that if one group can get a majority, no matter by how razor-thin a margin, that they have carte blanche to advanc etheir agenda and everyone else can like it or lump it.

We need a system where everyone gets represented ... including groups that don't win a majority.

by Cathexis on Thu Jan 27, 05 10:58am [+]

Yes proportional representation might be an idea. The two party system does seem flawed in this day and age. Life is never that simple, never black and white, or blue and red.

More shades thereof.

by B_P on Thu Jan 27, 05 11:02am [+]

Wow..I said all that? Groovy!

by Tadema on Thu Jan 27, 05 11:03am [+]

As long as Paul keeps robbing Peter, we're screwed.

by thc2883 on Thu Jan 27, 05 11:14am [+]

most americans are not political, most have no clue what right wing or left wing means, people who come into sites like this are the exception, most americans do not feel divided. I also know many who voted for bush and those who voted for kerry, and they are friends, do not threaten civil war, I think talk of divided america is much to do about nothing

by larrynelmira on Thu Jan 27, 05 11:21am [+]

that last entry was me, don't know why that happened

by larrynelmira on Thu Jan 27, 05 11:26am [+]

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