Americans are segregating themselves by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.

“One thing we have really found is a place to feel comfortable being ourselves,” Dean said. Americans are segregating by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.

One party controls the entire legislature in all but two states. In 28 states, the party in control has a supermajority in at least one legislative chamber — which means the majority party has so many lawmakers that they can override a governor’s veto. Not that that would be necessary in most cases, as only 10 states have governors of different parties than the one that controls the legislature

This can only end badly as conservatives seem to have no problem ruling over land in empty states.

  • LootGoblin42@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe that. People that say that are just LARPing. People in general are good. They don’t sit around in extreme states of anger all day every day. Something has to trigger and feed the hatred. Eventually the fuel for it will stop working.

    • PostmodernPythia@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What evidence would it take to change your mind? What makes Americans more likely to be good than people who participated in authoritarian atrocities historically? Where is your confidence that things will be fine coming from?

    • millie@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know that they’re actually ready to pick up a gun, but I’ve definitely seen that hate in people’s faces. There are some people who flip a switch in their brains the moment they see me and instantly go into anger mode.

      I’m pretty good at diffusing it in some people and avoiding it in others, but it’s 100% there. And powerful people are doing their absolute best to cause it to spread.