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Are we witnessing the beginning of The Balkanization of America?
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:06 pm
Radical left vs. Conservative America
California and the liberal northwest vs. the Red States.
Liberal New England vs. the Red States.
Urban liberal areas vs. Main Street/small town/rural areas.
Balkanization is defined as the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or uncooperative with each other.
Do you believe that this nation can withstand the differences that we are now facing or will this divide continue to grow? Will the country stay in tact with one of the political philosophies dominating or will it eventually splinter where both philosophies remain but we see separate and independent regions?
What we are witnessing is the battle for the direction and future of this nation. Not so much based on division between ethnic groups but political philosophy. What will this nation become 25 years from now?
Unfortunately I see this country trending in the direction of the European nations where socialist policies will dominate the entire nation eventually.
California and the liberal northwest vs. the Red States.
Liberal New England vs. the Red States.
Urban liberal areas vs. Main Street/small town/rural areas.
Balkanization is defined as the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or uncooperative with each other.
Do you believe that this nation can withstand the differences that we are now facing or will this divide continue to grow? Will the country stay in tact with one of the political philosophies dominating or will it eventually splinter where both philosophies remain but we see separate and independent regions?
What we are witnessing is the battle for the direction and future of this nation. Not so much based on division between ethnic groups but political philosophy. What will this nation become 25 years from now?
Unfortunately I see this country trending in the direction of the European nations where socialist policies will dominate the entire nation eventually.
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Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:09 pm to AU86
No
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:11 pm to AU86
Si
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:12 pm to AU86
Football season starts soon. It'll really Balkanize then. These are just the dog days of summer.
Things have to get REALLY bad in order for actual, real change to happen. It's all fun and games until the real blood spills. Most on both sides are simply playing with an idea...which is understandable for young people who lack true purpose.
If there were real consequences they'd find the luster of their shiny new toy wears off quick.
Things have to get REALLY bad in order for actual, real change to happen. It's all fun and games until the real blood spills. Most on both sides are simply playing with an idea...which is understandable for young people who lack true purpose.
If there were real consequences they'd find the luster of their shiny new toy wears off quick.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:15 pm to AU86
Bathhouse Barry's legacy
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:15 pm to AU86
Any attempt by any American political faction to break away from the United States into an independent or autonomous political entity would be met with mass murder by our government.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:20 pm to AU86
This is one of Alinsky's rules for radicals; divide the enemy.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:25 pm to SCLibertarian
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Any attempt by any American political faction to break away from the United States into an independent or autonomous political entity would be met with mass murder by our government.
For the life of me I can't figure out why anyone would want to. Do we have our problems, yes. However this is a great place to live.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:26 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Apparently not for the radical leftist.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:36 pm to AU86
Nah, we just need to clean up the trash generated by both the far left and far right. Sanity will return as soon as the Establishment figures out how to regain control.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:49 pm to Big12fan
Absolutely not.
In the first place, most (not all) places in the US are more politically diverse than some would have us believe. Louisiana is a Red State no doubt, but a sizeable minority (33-39% is my guess) of Louisianans are neither conservative nor Republican. I live in East Baton Rouge Parish and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama carried this parish in the last three elections. There are millions of Republicans in California and New York and Illinois even though those three are Blue States.
In the first place, most (not all) places in the US are more politically diverse than some would have us believe. Louisiana is a Red State no doubt, but a sizeable minority (33-39% is my guess) of Louisianans are neither conservative nor Republican. I live in East Baton Rouge Parish and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama carried this parish in the last three elections. There are millions of Republicans in California and New York and Illinois even though those three are Blue States.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 4:59 pm to SCLibertarian
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Any attempt by any American political faction to break away from the United States into an independent or autonomous political entity would be met with mass murder by our government.
This is pretty much what happened in the Balkans.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:06 pm to AU86
The battle lines will be drawn as those who produce and those who depend on the producers, (takers).
The producers are no longer willing to subsidize the left.
The producers are no longer willing to subsidize the left.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:07 pm to AU86
The question is not 'if', but when. The answer to that is unknowable, unfortunately.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:11 pm to HempHead
Right now it's rural vs urban/ city vs country in the US.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:12 pm to AU86
Not. Even. Close.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:18 pm to AU86
We need to explore a peaceful secession/partition process.
This stupid notion that the only way to get a divorce is to kill your spouse is assinine.
This stupid notion that the only way to get a divorce is to kill your spouse is assinine.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:19 pm to AU86
Going on for decades...ever since people started insisting on hyphens.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:22 pm to TrueTiger
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We need to explore a peaceful secession/partition process.
And then raise the price of gasoline to $18/gal. That way we can help the hippies save the planet.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:41 pm to AU86
The 2 sides are getting further apart. It would be great if the left and right would work together to fix the issue but that's not going to happen. Right now it looks like we are heading for some really bad days.
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