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Scott Lichtenstein's avatar

On the surface, yes, in the disUnited states it's as divisive as ever under the mad orange 2.0. It is a great shame coming from California that no one is saying 'The Palestinians would be so much better off under the Democrats', because everyone knows they wouldn't be. There is far too much policy consensus amongst the Dem-Repuke duopoly than many Americans would like to admit.

FrankFrank's avatar

I am surprised at those findings. I always thought the two parties were Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. As they are here.

Pip McIntyre's avatar

Yeah, we always hate interventions from those we dislike - whatever the intentions of that person.

It's one thing for my spouse intervene to point out that I've accidently left my flies undone in public and tells me to do them up, but I feel totally different when my workplace supervisor does the same.

anon's avatar

it is a sign of a healthier and better educated society when dominant parties are centrist. personal political attacks may persist, but policies and outcomes are almost the same.

it is another thing when a few million votes can sway the actual direction of a nation in mostly opposite directions.

Joachim Klement's avatar

Very true. I like to quote Richard Hofstatter who wrote: "If anti-intellectualism rules it is a sign of a fever in the body politic."

Marginal Gains's avatar

"We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are." — Anaïs Nin