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America Is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared
The Atlantic ^ | January 2, 2020 | Lee Drutman

Posted on 01/03/2020 1:11:49 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT

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Author is very thorough in his discussion. He ends before getting into specific solutions.
1 posted on 01/03/2020 1:11:49 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT
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To: campaignPete R-CT

F the left. They have brought us to the edge of a hot civil war.


2 posted on 01/03/2020 1:14:13 PM PST by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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It is divided. Never say, “You stupid little sh*t to a dwarf wheeling a knife.” They are the democrats and we should act somewhat politely.


3 posted on 01/03/2020 1:14:51 PM PST by BEJ
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Yes and treasonous a-holes like those that publish The Atlantic helped divide us.


4 posted on 01/03/2020 1:16:18 PM PST by gibsonguy
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It is divided. Never say, “You stupid little sh*t” to a dwarf wheeling a knife. They are the democrats and we should act somewhat politely.


5 posted on 01/03/2020 1:16:21 PM PST by BEJ
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To: campaignPete R-CT

What he doesn’t mention is about 90% of the population doesn’t really care that much.


6 posted on 01/03/2020 1:16:36 PM PST by proxy_user
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More divided than it was in 1861? I think not.


7 posted on 01/03/2020 1:18:46 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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All of a sudden, The Atlantic is real concerned about something the Founding Fathers were thinking.
8 posted on 01/03/2020 1:19:26 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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He ends before getting into specific solutions.

After observing the progs for the past 30 years it is unlikely that there is more than one solution.

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9 posted on 01/03/2020 1:21:25 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Diversity is division. It’s right there in the word. It’s going to get a lot worse.


10 posted on 01/03/2020 1:22:05 PM PST by cdcdawg (Cornpop was a bad dude!)
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So the Atlantic is concerned about this...now.

Only after they see the rebellion organizing and growing in VA and people offering to travel there and assist from the other 49.

The Atlantic has done its part to Jacobinize the Left/Dems in the USA and create any coming CW2.


11 posted on 01/03/2020 1:24:35 PM PST by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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I think YES.

I’m Sapwolf.

You are....YoYo.


12 posted on 01/03/2020 1:25:42 PM PST by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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I’ve reached the point that I immediately tune out/block/unfriend all Democrats with the thought ... “I will see YOU on the field of battle!”

I’m a little long in the tooth for actual “battle”, but the battle will be played out on multiple levels.


13 posted on 01/03/2020 1:29:32 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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He ends before getting into specific solutions.

Huh?

The Founders also would have known that plurality elections (whoever gets the most votes wins) tend to generate just two parties, while proportional elections (vote shares in multi-winner districts translate into seat shares) tend to generate multiple parties, with the district size and threshold percentages shaping the number.

So called "proportional voting" is a thinly disguised form of mob rule, under which, among other things, the Electoral College would be eliminated.

14 posted on 01/03/2020 1:29:34 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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America Is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared

It was divided in 1860. It was especially divided when Northern states marched armies into other states with the intent to subjugate them.

It has remained divided ever since.

15 posted on 01/03/2020 1:31:15 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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Meh. The eligible voters who choose not to vote have outnumbered the turnout of either political party for 100+ years. Two political sides might be divided but a bigger slice is just apathetic.

FReegards


16 posted on 01/03/2020 1:34:18 PM PST by Ransomed
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Another hand wringing know nothing too gutless to actually point out the real cause of the problem.

The Democrat Fascists Party leadership has declared war on the rule of Law and basic standards of political behavior.

Hold the aggressors accountable for their aggression. Don’t be like this author trying to manufacture a fraudulent moral equivalence


17 posted on 01/03/2020 1:34:26 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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The Bush president’s did nice. Congeniality. Bipartisan. Turn the other cheek. Compromise. Let’s talk.

It didn’t work. NO MAS.


18 posted on 01/03/2020 1:35:00 PM PST by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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Americans love America.

Liberals love government.

That’s tge “division”


19 posted on 01/03/2020 1:35:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Happened during the Kenyan’s reign of terror, Atlantic.

5.56mm


20 posted on 01/03/2020 1:36:01 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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