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From a European POV, I would say that US democracy is about as functional as European union democracy. Remember how EU declared natural gas as "green"? It is d
by belorn 4y ago
From a European POV, I would say that US democracy is about as functional as European union democracy. Remember how EU declared natural gas as "green"?
It is difficult combining low population areas with high population areas when they got completely different culture, wealth, and natural resources. Mistrust, suspicions, polarization, alienation and otherism abound.
The trend is however not impossible to break, and there is scientific understanding of those forces if people were willing to take them in. A key finding is to not shove culture symbols into peoples face, a proposition that scarce few want to agree in the name of cooperation. When people feel that their culture is threatened the natural repose seems to be the opposite and display as much of cultural symbols as possible.
- mschuster91 4y ago> I would say that US democracy is about as functional as European union democracy. Remember how EU declared natural gas as "green"? Oh I do. And I know the reason behind that headline - the fact is we absolutely need gas infrastructure to allow diversifying from Russia in the short term while preventing dozens of millions of people from freezing in winter or to allow gas peaker plants to assist solar and wind so we can shut down coal and the decades-old nuclear clunkers.