3 ms·
> Many Americans view our federal government poorly, on both sides of the aisle Maybe the current instance of the government. But as for the idea of governmen
by Florin_Andrei 6y ago
> Many Americans view our federal government poorly, on both sides of the aisle
Maybe the current instance of the government.
But as for the idea of government in general, the opinions are sharply different across the aisle.
- calvinmorrison 6y agoThe less effective the status quo is, the more willing people are to try radical approaches, be it technology, politics, dieting, etc. In my own small world of political banter, the number of people who have floated, or not disagreed with the concept of balkanizing the U.S.A is astounding. When I grew up, America was the greatest country in the world, and now my friends say - well we tried. Maybe balkanization would be easier since nobody can seem to agree on a damn thing, not even the budget! The farther apart the two sides of the political sphere, the less the work together to actually produce tangible results for the average American, the less happy and healthy the average American - the more likely we as Americans are to support a scrapping of it all and supporting Communism, Anarchism, Direct Democracy, Fascism, Theocracy, or other ideologies, and not Republicanism (that is, being a republic).
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoNo, I think both sides have an idea of the perfect government. It's just that the ideas differ radically (in fact, they are mutually incompatible). So we get the current situation, where neither side is satisfied with what they have. And I fear the degree to which both sides think they have to destroy the other side in order to get what they want...
- sul_tasto 6y agoi think there is a significant segment of the polity in the center that is unrepresented.