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Two contradictory forces are at play in today's America
American Thinker ^ | 09/16/2021 | Peter Skurkiss

Posted on 09/16/2021 9:46:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

There are two contradictory forces at play in today's America. The first is the weakening of national unity. There's a feeling in the air that the country might fragment between blue states versus red states; the coasts versus the heartland; left versus right; and, most telling, the elite versus the middle class. There are a number of reasons for this. One certainly is the mantra "diversity is strength." This is patently false, as any scan of history shows. Yet it is repeated ad nauseam in the media and in the school. Diversity, in the meaning the left uses, is a solvent used to dissolve national cohesion. That is its objective.

Another thing weakening national solidarity is the incessant attacks on symbols of nationhood like the flag, the National Anthem, U.S. history, historic monuments, and the like. This has been going on in the universities and the K–12 public school system to one degree or another for over a generation. The result of this infusion of poison is that a disturbing number of the young feel alienated from and embarrassed by the United States. They view patriotism as evil and the refuge of rubes.

Then there's the two-tier justice system. Leftists like Antifa and Black Lives and those in the Deep State get a pass on their criminality, while conservatives are prosecuted to the full extent of the law and at times persecuted. Nobody can deny that this is happening. This sharpens the divide in America. It makes a mockery of the Lady Justice symbol with her blindfold on and holding a scale meaning fair and impartial justice.

The situation we're in brings to mind the lines in William Yeats's "The Second Coming": "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
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1 posted on 09/16/2021 9:46:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I heard Ben Shapiro said on his podcast yesterday that we really need to start thinking about dividing the country....not hot civil war and violence, but, really....we need to find a way to peacefully separate.

Not sure that’s possible....BUT....I do think it’s a step forward for that to be uttered in a pretty mainstream conservative setting


2 posted on 09/16/2021 9:50:56 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: SeekAndFind

The dualism we encounter can be blamed on the “hidden hand,” a form of mental retardation where grown men play with triangles and other childish nonsense.


3 posted on 09/16/2021 9:52:37 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Two contradictory forces are at play in today's America

GOOD AND EVIL

4 posted on 09/16/2021 9:53:06 AM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus. Our ONLY hope!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Overcoming adversity promotes strength and unity.
Emphasizing diversity promotes division.
5 posted on 09/16/2021 9:58:35 AM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: Maudeen

Seriously.

He coulda saved himself a lot of typing.


6 posted on 09/16/2021 9:58:36 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yep.

It’s God and Satan.

Those are the two contradictory forces at play. The rest of this is just Kabuki theater.


7 posted on 09/16/2021 9:59:18 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: SeekAndFind

“There’s a feeling in the air that the country might fragment”

might? Just a matter of when and how at this point.


8 posted on 09/16/2021 9:59:45 AM PDT by cdcdawg (The vaccines don't work)
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To: ConservativeDude

If we were really that divided, Deep State wouldn’t need to steal elections.


9 posted on 09/16/2021 10:00:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Diversity is strength to one group only: Democrats who crave power, and want to turn America into a chaotic mess that they think they can ride like a wild beast. It’s never a good idea to force people from completely disparate cultures to live together. Eventually it reaches a breaking point.


10 posted on 09/16/2021 10:02:15 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ConservativeDude
I heard Ben Shapiro said on his podcast yesterday that we really need to start thinking about dividing the country....not hot civil war and violence, but, really....we need to find a way to peacefully separate.

Lefties don't want to separate, they want to control the whole thing.

11 posted on 09/16/2021 10:04:00 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The two forces: good vs evil.


12 posted on 09/16/2021 10:05:15 AM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: ConservativeDude

Three countries.
West coast - sidewalk poopers and fire starters
Northeast - Yankees
Everything else is ours. Anyone who ever lived in NYC is not welcome...


13 posted on 09/16/2021 10:08:21 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Writer says “two” forces dividing us, then delineates “four”. Is that wordflation?


14 posted on 09/16/2021 10:09:40 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: Maudeen

Two contradictory forces are at play in today’s America
GOOD AND EVIL

Bears repeating.


15 posted on 09/16/2021 10:18:28 AM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos)
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To: ConservativeDude

It’s absolutely possible.

Take a look at the map in this article.....

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/map-of-the-day-ex-kgb-analyst-predicts-balkanization-of-us/58945/

IMHO, the biggest issue/problem with the map are the boundaries. Granted this was some years ago, but the Russian doesn’t know much about the politics of this country or the fact that in some states with Democrat Governor’s, the state overall is very much RED, as in Republican.

So, first off, the Northern Yellow region and Southern Gray region will be one.

Then going from Left to Right... and using geographics and the political leanings in most of those areas, I think you’ll find:

Green Region .... Most of Washington and Oregon, ALL of Idaho(except Boise), a very sizable chunk of Interior California, most of Nevada(except for Vegas/Clark County), all of Utah, and most of Arizona(except for Maricopa Cty) would want to be in the in the Yellow/Gray Region. Leaving a small swath of land, along the coast and a few cities that will find themselves surrounded.

Red Region .... All of South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Most of Virginia, Most of North Carolina, Most of Pennsylvania, Most of NY, a sizable portion of folks from all the New England states except Rhode Island and Delaware, and significant parts of NJ and Maryland would want in with the Yellow/Gray Region.

So, I’m thinking about 80% or more of the country would fall under the boundary or an very expanded Yellow/Gray Region. Of course, there will be pockets of Liberals/Democrats...Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Denver, and a few others but they won’t last in their current form.

At the end of the day, again, there would be a small sliver of area along the East Coast for them to live in their liberal/socialist utopia. They can have all the Green Energy they want. All the liberal hipsters and elite Democrats, who think vegetables are grown in the vegetable aisle can feed themselves with their superior intellect and figure it all out.

Right now a tech company is offering to help its employees move out of Texas because of the states new abortion law.

Salesforce offers to relocate employees and their families after Texas abortion law goes into effect

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/salesforce-offers-to-relocate-employees-from-texas-after-abortion-bill.html

I truly hope that Georgia enacts similar legislation, sooner the better. It does two things. One intended, saves babies. One unintended, runs liberals away where they don’t belong.


16 posted on 09/16/2021 10:25:53 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: Fido969

Because deep down, they know they won’t survive. The alternative for them is coming under the control of something they can’t control, ie China.

Plus, they know they won’t be able to feed themselves, fix their cars, or fix the leaky pipe.


17 posted on 09/16/2021 10:28:04 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: EEGator

Great Lakes might be a problem area as well.

I definitely think we need fewer than 50 states.


18 posted on 09/16/2021 10:28:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why give the left what they want? They need to be eradicated like the Nazis.


19 posted on 09/16/2021 10:32:10 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: SeekAndFind

The left doesn’t realize an earthly utopia will never exit. They don’t study history or logic. Eventually everyone becomes oppressed.


20 posted on 09/16/2021 10:40:04 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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