re: why is the divide so great now, or has it always been this way?

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it always been this way

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no it hasn't.


To the OP, social values being fought at the Federal Level have made the divide greater, but that's not to discount the divide that's come from the left going further left than ever before. The far right, and most certainly the mainstream right even goes farther left, but none more outrageously extreme than the far left has, and when you look at it, all of American politics have shifted left. That is because of the far left themselves controlling the airwaves, MSM, entertainment, music, the education of our young in molding their minds, etc. The constant diet of leftist dribble in the MSM, entertainment, and education that has been force fed American generations since the 60's has done more irreparable harm to this country and the current generations making up the voting populous that it cannot be denied just how distant we are from the basic core principles we all tended to accept as basic American values from the 50's and before. The erosion has just taken it's course, and desensitized people to accept just about anything, as long as it comes with a pretty bow attached, has a feel good bunch of nonsense attached, or is for our own good and safety.