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Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“One thing we have really found is a place to feel comfortable being ourselves,” Dean said. Americans are segregating by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.

One party controls the entire legislature in all but two states. In 28 states, the party in control has a supermajority in at least one legislative chamber — which means the majority party has so many lawmakers that they can override a governor’s veto. Not that that would be necessary in most cases, as only 10 states have governors of different parties than the one that controls the legislature

This can only end badly as conservatives seem to have no problem ruling over land in empty states.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No one really wants a civil war. People are too comfy for that. Something will shift and people will realize they are being manipulated. The anger will just burn out eventually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody wants a war? A good 15% of the US population is seething to use their guns against gays or liberals.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't believe that. People that say that are just LARPing. People in general are good. They don't sit around in extreme states of anger all day every day. Something has to trigger and feed the hatred. Eventually the fuel for it will stop working.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What evidence would it take to change your mind? What makes Americans more likely to be good than people who participated in authoritarian atrocities historically? Where is your confidence that things will be fine coming from?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wanting civil war isn’t the question. The question is, what do we do when the right manipulates the system to give itself perpetual, absolute power? Give up? Fight? Leave? Leave and fight? Not many people want civil war because it’s not obvious to them yet that the alternative is worse. Give it time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you read "Christian Nation", by Frederick C. Rich?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not yet. Which parts of this topic is it relevant to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Civil war in contemporary USA. And the right manipulating the system to give itself perpetual, absolute power.

It's an interesting alternate history novel.