How is the US more divided than most countries?
Posted: December 12th, 2019, 9:40 am
Isn't every country divided to a degree? Every place has politics locally and nationally so naturally there is conflict about how to run things with people arguing on each side. Germany has people arguing about Angela Merkel. Canada about Justin Trudeau unless he is this wonderful patron saint beyond criticism. And the French about Macron,etc. But at the end of the day, can they put aside politics and still respect each other as fellow citizens? Or do they have a civil war whenever their relatives come over for their equivalent of Thanksgiving?
What makes the US so divided that is of such greater depth than other places? Is it multi-culturalism? I just recall walking into a doughnut place seeing one table here all from the Middle East I inferred, then a group of Hispanic teenagers walk in, then a black guy a few minutes later. None of these people interacted because none of us are united by culture but by Krispy Kremes doughnuts. Or Coca Cola. Or sporting events. Especially basketball, in which I have never gotten to know anyone beyond a surface level but through one pickup game managed to grasp a fleeting sense of real connection. So when I ask how we are more divided, I have to wonder what really connects us all as American citizens?
What makes the US so divided that is of such greater depth than other places? Is it multi-culturalism? I just recall walking into a doughnut place seeing one table here all from the Middle East I inferred, then a group of Hispanic teenagers walk in, then a black guy a few minutes later. None of these people interacted because none of us are united by culture but by Krispy Kremes doughnuts. Or Coca Cola. Or sporting events. Especially basketball, in which I have never gotten to know anyone beyond a surface level but through one pickup game managed to grasp a fleeting sense of real connection. So when I ask how we are more divided, I have to wonder what really connects us all as American citizens?