Humans are very adaptive. When we are fatigued, we get a second wind. When fear overcomes us, adrenaline rushes into our bloodstream and we are instantly capable of things we could never do otherwise. When something, anything, annoys, irritates, irks, peeves, riles, or galls us we have this ability to compartmentalize it, which I suppose is another way of saying ignore it. Whatever that 'something or anything' was, we don't agree with it, or don't like it so we simply ignore it. This strategy can be strangely effective at times, if one ignores something long enough it will just go away. At least from one's personal perspective anyway.
To say that our country is 'divided' would hardly get an argument from anyone these days. Metaphorically, that divide may have once been a morass, but at some point it became a crevasse. A big, wide, deep chasm that appears to be a breech not only in political ideology but in civility as well. Now and then someone will attempt to bridge the fissure only to be criticized and lambasted for such an attempt (Chuck Schumer and the CR to keep the government running...). When it comes to politics, we can't even agree to disagree anymore.
When the George Floyd incident occurred in 2020, the destruction from rioting destroyed multiple inner cities. The death of George Floyd began a period of unprecedented civil unrest. Racial undertones have been the theme of civil unrest since the days of the civil rights movement. They still are but we have gone far beyond racial divides.
We certainly haven't moved past it, we have only added to it. It's no longer only racial issues, it's liberal versus conservative, it's lawfare, it's election interference, it's lying when the truth is obvious, it's ignoring the fact that the national debt is not sustainable, it's incessant attempts to stymie the president's agenda because of TDS. Trump derangement syndrome, I actually believe that's a real thing now, sad to say... And more, much more.
'We' doesn't quite have the same meaning anymore. There was a time when an American said 'we', that meant Americans. All of us. Not so much anymore. Now when one says 'we', if it's a liberal talking, then it doesn't necessarily include conservatives. And vice versa. We are a democracy, a nation where majority rules. That is in fact true. In essence, it's not true. Last November Trump was elected president by a significant margin of American voters. His platforms, promises and ideals were what the majority of Americans wanted and stated as much at the ballot box. Now that he's in office, the 'resistance' doesn't miss an opportunity to thwart his actions and agenda given any opportunity. They're relentless in spite of being leaderless and unconscionable. There is no agree to disagree. They want Trump and his agenda to simply 'go away'. That crevasse I mentioned earlier is wide and deep and apparently it isn't going away either. If anything, it's getting wider and deeper.
I am not a fatalist, as I believe most people aren't. I don't believe we are headed for another civil war. We're better than that, now. This 'divide' might exist for a long time. It may span several generations. It can and will be managed. But, just as most of us wanted change and elected Trump because he best represented the change we wanted, we, and this time I mean ALL Americans will endure the next four years and emerge better off than we are today. Not only can we compartmentalize and ignore what we dont like, we can prioritize and push for what we do like. And the majority will always rule...
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