Maybe, or maybe the previous ideological gaps are so far in the past that we can now only see the idealized version. You don't hear much about discrimination a

Maybe, or maybe the previous ideological gaps are so far in the past that we can now only see the idealized version. You don't hear much about discrimination against Irish or Polish Americans these days, unlike "the good old days". People thought Kennedy could not win the Presidency because that would give the Pope too much power. Surely, there are many differences like this that have simply faded with time and have been replaced by new, equally ridiculous divides that will also fade in time when replaced by another set of ridiculous divides. When that happens, our divides today will sound as absurd as the Pope controlling a Catholic president just because they are Catholic. How about a near civil war between Catholics vs Protestants? How could that ever happen? Only in the "good ol days!"