I’m Not yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America
&gt;Perhaps most troubling of all, our democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of crisis—a crisis rooted in a fundamental contest between two opposing visions of what America is and what it should be; a crisis that has left the body politic divided, angry, and mistrustful,<p>Put your finger on the Median republican line starting in 1994: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.visualcapitalist.com&#x2F;charts-americas-political-divide-1994-2017&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.visualcapitalist.com&#x2F;charts-americas-political-d...</a><p>In 2004 the median republican moved left of 1994. However, in 2017 only 1 line has really changed position. Now place your finger on 1994 Democrat. Their line has only moved left.<p>Political divide is occurring almost entirely on the Democrat spectrum. The divide started between 2004 and 2011 according to the graphs.<p>The explanation is quite simple. Obama&#x27;s presidency in 2009. That makes this article quite interesting as it was written by the source of the divide.<p>&gt;This contest is not new, of course. In many ways, it has defined the American experience. It’s embedded in founding documents that could simultaneously proclaim all men equal and yet count a slave as three-fifths of a man.<p>The &quot;first black president&quot; was going to have identity politics problem. Yet here he is a sentence after asserting race.<p>The left-wing then is very quick to call Trump a white supremacist and racist. Put Trump aside, he&#x27;s done.<p>&gt;I don’t know. What I can say for certain is that I’m not yet ready to abandon the possibility of America—not just for the sake of future generations of Americans but for all of humankind.<p>Now put that in the above concern. It&#x27;s the democrats who are dividing the USA. It&#x27;s the identity politics of Obama that caused the schism.<p>To heal the divide you have to identify the above problem and find the fix. However, one thing is for sure. During a political divide like this, the 2 sides refuse to talk to each other and often make decisions that will only exacerbate the problem.