re: Is this the most divided our nation has been in your lifetime?

I doubt it's as bad as the late 60s (even if this thread is probably already overflowing with angry people blaming the "scum" on the opposite side.)


At very least, the "civil unrest" has not been anywhere near as violent.

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Every year the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

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I mean, rich vs poor is the true conflict in this country. "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps" only goes so far.

80-90% of the country agrees on the majority of policy, but the media and politicians gaslight the extremes.

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I mean, rich vs poor is the true conflict in this country. "Pull yourself up by the bootstraps" only goes so far.

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People pull themselves up by the bootstraps every day. If you’re willing to work hard enough, you can change your life and your family’s lives. The issue is entitlement and people thinking they deserve to earn good money with no education or skills.

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I think most people just want an entry level job that doesn't require 3 years of experience or a steady blue-collar job without the risk of offshoring.

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I don’t know where you live, but there are plenty of jobs for people willing to do them. You’re not entitled to a 75k office job with no degree, no experience, and no skills.

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Every year the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

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Complete bullshite. Upper middle class is growing big time or was pre covid and lower middle has shrunk in last decade all while the poor has remaining pretty damn constant.


Sure the gap has widened, but mainly only in the super rich. But who gives a frick?

The biggest God damn problem is idiots keep supporting policies like shutting down the economy for covid, printing tons of cash 23% of all money was printed in last year) and then have the fricking balls to turn around and bitch about the growing gap between the rich and the poor when the policies they supported have unintended consequences.

They support these damn things then turn around and get pissed because the price of the dollar is going down and their groceries now cost 15-20% more.


So the biggest reason is now fricking idiots that have no clue how business works or how the real world works, now have an outlet to spew their bullshite. This is kn both sides btw. Both parties are spending out of control.


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I think the difference back then is there were real problems that needed to be solved.

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This right here. The 60s was a turbulent time but it was a turbulent time for all the right reasons. There were legitimate problems facing our nation and violent push back against people who wanted to solve them.

More than a half century later, the majority of our problems stem from years of blissful coexistence (for the most part). There are so few problems facing the United States that people invent them just to have something to do with their lives.

I’m just not buying we are that divided, I’m referring to majority of folks.

Don’t trust everything you see on tv or social media
Wolves in sheep’s clothing.

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Every year the rich get richer and the poor get poorer

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This is an unequivocally false statement.