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The atmosphere is so heated, and the statements are getting more and more extreme. Let's just assume Harris wins the election. After a campaign like this, how could you ever have a normal relationship with your pro-Trump neighbor/father-in-law/Uncle/Barber or what ever again?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

In previous elections, I'd have been able to give you an answer.

For this election, the crazy will absolutely not be over once all votes are counted. This is a pivotal moment in American History and either result will cause a lot of distress for our collective psyche.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That's been a growing issue for the last 15 years. The answer is community groups but they haven't been very successful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

ask again in a week and then again in three months

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

After this one? We don't. We went back more than half-a-century this time around. Gonna take a bit, if at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, the way we "went back to normal" after an intense election campaign in 2015-2016 was just...not. Not letting it end for the last nine years. This is essentially still the same campaign that started with the stupid escalator ride. I hope it actually does go back to some semblance of normal in a few months, and we can see how that works then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think Americans need to address the flaws in their 2 party political system and start working on a change, but it'll never happen because neither party would give up power like that.

Two party system is inherently divisive especially with so much foreign and domestic propaganda. More options would not only reduce the total surface area of conflicts, but it would make propaganda much harder and represent people more closely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Considering I usually don't spend a lot of time focusing on the election, just enough to know roughly what's going on, I just do business as usual. I also am not in any groups where I deal with major politics during election past my parents watching the news and such.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Boomer generation will be dead soon. And Gen X isn’t too far behind. This bullshit is already time-limited.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Finding normalcy isn't hard at all. It's fanning the fire of discontent to effect real change that's the difficult part.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I don't think there is a "normal" anymore? The 2028 campaigns will start on November 6.

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