Hardly surprising... Fox News Poll: World going to hell in a handbasket as nation comes apart at seams http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...andbasket-as-nation-comes-apart-at-seams.html A large majority of American voters feels the bonds that hold the country together are weakening, while over half think the world is going to hell in a handbasket. A Fox News poll released Thursday also finds that large numbers feel more people are rude and behave badly in public in the United States today compared to the past. Some 56 percent of voters say things are "going to hell in a handbasket." It was 57 percent a year ago and 58 percent in 2014, when the question was first asked on a Fox News poll. That consistency masks some big movement among who thinks the world is going to hell -- and the party that controls the White House has a lot of sway in this. In 2014, only 48 percent of Democrats said things were going to hell compared to 70 percent who feel that way today. The reverse is true among Republicans: 71 percent said hell in a handbasket in 2014 vs. 42 percent now. Meanwhile, most voters believe compared to 10 years ago, people in the U.S. behave worse in public (83 percent), are less courteous (78 percent), and the bonds that hold our nation together are weakening (81 percent). There’s lots of cross-partisan agreement on the decline of our social glue. For example, 81 percent of Republicans say people are less courteous, as do 77 percent of Democrats, and 76 percent of independents. It’s mostly the same on people behaving worse and our bonds weakening. (More at above url)
I think its time to split The US into 2 separate countries.At this point I don't see why either side should oppose
Let's do it based on the counties that Hillary and Trump won in the recent election. "Country Hillary" in blue would get the large urban welfare-ridden cesspools, and "Country Trump" in red would consist of most of the landmass populated by hardworking patriotic Americans.
The hardworkers voted for Hillary http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/counties-rich-gdp-Hillary-Clinton/2016/11/22/id/760259/ Report: Clinton Won Richest Counties – 64 Percent of US GDP By Cathy Burke | Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016 05:56 PM Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election, but won the balloting in regions that generate nearly two-thirds of the American economy, a new analysis shows. According to the Brookings Institution analysis, the less-than-500 counties Clinton won nationwide combined to generate 64 percent of America's economic activity in 2015, the Washington Post reported. The more-than-2,600 counties President-elect Donald Trump won combined to generate 36 percent of the country's economic activity last year. With the exceptions of the Phoenix, Ariz., and Fort Worth, Texas, areas, and a large part of Long Island, N.Y., Clinton won every large-sized economic county in the country, the researchers found.
I have a plan. 1. Create a seed for a new nation somewhere in the middle of the USA. 2. Send all the far right and far left there as they have the strongest and most informed opinions. Thats about 10-12% of the population. 3. Now build a wall around them so ordinary people don't get distracted with leaks from their deliberations.
People like myself who witnessed and lived the sixties and early seventies have a better perspective on this. What's happening today is relatively calm to that period. What we didn't have then was 24/7media, the internet, twitter, FB to spread false information and pass it on as fact. There is so much bullshit out there it is nearly impossible to separate fact from fiction. Makes things difficult to truly understand. Then of course, we have the complete overblown nature of the coverage. Everything, and I mean everything is an end of the world event. There have been much, much tougher times in this country and in the world. People need to get a grip.