the two sides now have differences that simply cannot be reconciled
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One side wants control. The other side wants freedom. There is no reconciling these differences. The gap is simply too wide.
I once thought that we were heading toward what might be referred to as “virtual secession” wherein conservative states, or blocks of states would effectively decide to go their own way with respect to their own interests and principles. The Left has already set a precdent for this by establishing their illegal sanctuary cities in direct contravention to federal law. So its not too far fetched to think that conservative states might do something similiar to assert their own indenpendence with respect to issues that impinge on their soverignty and the will of a majority of their residents.
However, the Left probably won’t accept a dose of their own medicine as they are hell bent on controlling the country. They have undermined our elections, politically weaponized our federal agencies, turned the courts into a vanguard for their own agenda, indoctrinated our children in leftist ideology, and do not even recognize the soverignty of the United States.
The Left has escalated its culture war and its expansion of government control to the point where there is no path toward any accomodation with them. In short the differences are irreconcilable.
Conservatives should not retreat. They should defend their interests and push back on the Left at every opportunity. Elect only those politicians who will take the Left to task and demand that they push back hard against them. This is political war.
I firmly believe that we're past the point of a political solution.
Half the country doesn't even accept the results of the 2016 election, and wants to tear down every vestige of our history, our culture, our language, and our long established form of government. They don't recognize our laws, our customs, the Constitution, our Judeo-Christian values, objective reality, or even plain horse sense.
In short, they have become unmoored from our formerly shared American Ideals.
We are quite literally attempting to do business with people who don't subscribe to even the most fundamental western concepts that our form of self government relies upon to work.
Politics isn't possible with such people, therefore there will be war. It's only a matter of when.