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Even in European countries there are two dominant parties that work with others on their side of the aisle. In fact the concept of a left and right comes from France.

Polarization is universal in politics at the scales or democracy.

I feel many people are so privileged on both sides of politics that they have nothing better to do than to create their own problems.

Yes. Politically militant people are becoming more common. This time last month people seemed to have been much more agreeable even if they didn't agree with you.

Are people really surprised by this? Trump was indicted for January 6th just before an election year. I don't condone violence, but it is prone to happen a lot between now and November 2024. Depending on the outcome, there'll probably be a lot of violence immediately after November 2024 as well...

Goodness help us.

Talking about bringing manufacturing jobs back to the Midwest is a very big one here. Whether or not it actually makes economic sense to do so doesn't matter, the fact is he's saying it. People want to hear that.

I didn't give a solution, just an observation. People are willing to be forgiving since they feel Trump is working for them more than establishment politicians are.

Regardless of what you think of it, populism gets votes.

Yes. This is the power of Trump's populism. It's astounding that coastal Americans still don't understand the suffering Middle Americans are going though that continue to lead to these extreme candidates on the right, but here we are.

Micheal Moore was right.

Why not go a step further and make huge education mandatory? We used to consider high school optional, but eventually we realized the immense value that comes with an educated society.

This would put us in line with other countries who give loans to college students with no interest. I think it's a great idea, much better than the one time loan forgiveness nonsense that was tried before.

I'll help you out.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_tower

Ever hear the concept of the "house n-word"? They were a slave that was allowed to live in the house as a servant, who also got education such as reading and writing. Didn't change the fact most slaves were living in what amounted to chicken coops for humans.

Tyson got to where he is on his own merits, but there can still be institutional discrimination that prevents other black people from doing what he did.

Another great example of this in science is the Nobel Prize. It is infamously sexist, even excluding people who such as Noether who have contributed physics insights comparable to Newton or Einstein.