THE ONE THING the world, all you foreigners, should know about the united states of america is that, and I feel confident that many if not most americans would agree: it is as divided against itself as it has been for a very long time, maybe even since the civil war, one hundred and fifty years ago.
America is divided, and angry. Quite angry. Usually, a good war or two provides an outlet for pent up national anger, but not this time. Iraq and afghanistan seem to've fueled the anger, perhaps out of sheer frustration. That, and economic decline doesn't help a nation's mood, either.
The same thing happened during the late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies, because of the viet nam war. But this is worse. Its deeper, more broad based, somehow. It is an anger of fundamental ideology against fundamental ideology. Plus, the late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies was a time of prosperity.
Now of course we know that the united states can have a civil war, north against south, because it had one. What we all need to understand is that war can assume many appearances; in america, in short, a war of the rich versus the poor is not only possible, but, the way things are going, likely.
And the tragedy of it is; we all want the same things. We all want the same damned things!
American liberals and conservatives presently regard eachother as bitter enemies simply because they have chosen to do so, chosen to contrast and divide rather than compliment and unite. WE want conflict in america, and sure enough, we have it.
But we all know one thing, we all agree on one thing: there's gotta be a better way..
Bb
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