> North vs South, Red State vs Blue State, liberal vs conservative, religious vs secular. Whatever you want to call it, Americans - it seems - are separating th

> North vs South, Red State vs Blue State, liberal vs conservative, religious vs secular. Whatever you want to call it, Americans - it seems - are separating themselves into two (or more) distinct and ideologically opposed groups. This is nothing new, of course, but what IS new (at least in my memory) is that there are fewer and fewer opportunities for common discourse. It's... honestly not as new as you think. Not even the lack of common ground bit. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2014/09/phases-of-american-civil-war.html http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2014/09/phases-of-american-civ... Creating common ground is the actual job of politicians. They're just bad at it. (Which isn't that surprising, given the sheer scope of the task and that a good number of them don't appear to realize it.)