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There is a certain culture apparent the US that idolises your military and believes it can do no wrong.
Certain parts of your military appear to be starting to base their decision to serve on politics
There is a culture that hates the police.
Your politicial system is very slowly (faster every day it seems) being eroded into a hate fest based on absolutes and there appears to be very little common ground. Presidents are simply hate figures (and that works for both sides, Obama is hated as much as Bush was)
You have a deep distrust of government in any form
You have an economy that is struggling under the weight of what it is carrying
Unemployment is high in some areas and people are struggling to get by
Tensions between ethnic groups appear to be at a new high.
Originally posted by neformore
I'm asking this seriously, with a healthy dose of respect for you guys across the pond, and it is based on what I read on ATS on a daily basis
America - are you ready for your next Civil War ?
I ask quite simply because when I read the rhetoric on ATS, it appears its coming.
Now I realise that ATS is a microcosm, representing extreme views in some cases, but what I see is kind of scary.
- There is a culture that hates the police.
- You have a deep distrust of government in any form
- You have an economy that is struggling under the weight of what it is carrying
- Unemployment is high in some areas and people are struggling to get by
- Tensions between ethnic groups appear to be at a new high.
In short, its something of a powder keg waiting to blow, and all people appear to seem to be interested in doing is donning right/left political blinkers and bickering with each other - trying to push the blame as far to the other side as possible - instead of working together to sort things out.
Originally posted by neformore
Hmm.
What I'm seeing so far is that people are generally of the opinion that what we see here on ATS is just keyboard talk?
Originally posted by neformore
What I'm seeing so far is that people are generally of the opinion that what we see here on ATS is just keyboard talk?