re: There's no coming back for America in terms of political cohesion ever again

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This assumes there was ever political cohesion, which is a myth.

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There are political differences and political DIFFERENCES.

A country can handle differences, even bitter ones, as long as there is some common ground on the major fundamentals.

The civil war is a great example of the country disagreeing on BIG fundamentals.

History is full of examples of countries coming apart because the differences internal to them grew too large.

Throughout my entire life the right and the left have opposed each other policy wise, often angrily, but this if the first time that I feel there is an active effort to exterminate the other side.