From the many closely watched cases that shape daily life in the U.S., one is particularly alarming; Americans are very strongly split along what they perceive as ideological lines, especially so in recent years, on abortion, on guns control, labor unions, wealth distribution and taxation, corporate regulation, gerrymandering and fixing electoral districts, campaign finance and voting rights, even on social benefits and affordable health care for all, as well as spending on renewing our infrastructure and public buildings. another front line victim is our democracy, it is no exaggeration to say that the past few years showed us we are in immediate danger of losing sane democracy. One point they are all agreeable on though, is military budgets and military armament spending and wars.
Some other points now are emerging and becoming important dividing issues, like personal liberties and the limits set on them, exactly as it's happening with the Covid mandates and vaccination requirements, and more so the whole guns and arms issue, where a Kyle Rittenhouse who shot and killed 3 people with a lethal machine gun during some protest gathering, was acquitted on some funny grounds and a law only applied in some areas and few States.
One side likes to behave in ways compatible with white male Evangelical supremacy, and extreme right wing, while officially denying it. The other side prefer to call themselves progressive and liberal and look at all Americans as one, regardless of race, gender, religion or ethnicity, they are of course automatically labelled socialists and communists. But both sides are very entrenched and dug in their ideas and pseudo ideologies.
These differences are rendering life more difficult in general, and civility is quickly vanishing, paralyzing politics, legislating and governing, even inciting violence to enhance specific results. Interfering grossly in all aspects of civilized daily life, as the appointment of judges at all levels of the judiciary system, especially the supreme court.
The armed forces, until now, are spared these ideological divides, but it's coming, as it found its way already with other forces like local police, FBI, and other agencies and departments. The same divide is infiltrating slowly and surely to all Federal and State agencies. It is reaching alarming stages.
As we all look at, understand and interpret scientific data, regarding essential issues like climate change, rising sea levels, a clear transition to a clean energy economy, health threats and costs and major pandemics, education curriculum, they are all being interpreted with the same partisan divide and its proponents are accusing the others of treason and blasphemy.
Is it the beginning of the end for a great nation and a leading super power?? By the looks of it, it's coming fast, and it is not a good prospect for our common future, nor our planet's future. Not good when only dirty tricks and nasty tactics and violence are openly admitted and applied to win the game. Winning is becoming a goal in itself and on its own, regardless of the price the entire country, its people and the world end up paying.
As always, my profound thanks to all my good readers, stay safe and well.
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