America’s red/blue divide

[guno]

There always have been a dark underbelly in America , it seems to come out in cycles throughout American history , seems we are in one of those cycles now



When it comes to a whole basket of issues — abortion, gun rights, mass incarceration, and health care, to name just a few — the US is completely out of step with our Western European allies.

And these are the very same issues that have created such polarization in America itself.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Stanford law professor Mugambi Jouet grew up in Paris. As an outsider he looks at America with a unique point of view. He believes that the causes of our political backwardness have been deeply ingrained in the DNA of Americans from the nation’s founding. Among the most significant causes, he argues, are:

• Anti-intellectualism

• Anti-government paranoia

• Racial resentment

• Christian fundamentalism

Taken together, these are largely to blame for America’s red/blue divide as well as the divide between America and the rest of the West.


Why America Is the Exception, But Not Exactly Exceptional - WhoWhatWhy

 

[Tank]

Crips and Bloods

 

[theHawk]

Joos and Muslims.

 

[blastoff]

There always have been a dark underbelly in America , it seems to come in cycles throughout American history , seems we are in one of those cycles now



When it comes to a whole basket of issues — abortion, gun rights, mass incarceration, and health care, to name just a few — the US is completely out of step with our Western European allies.

And these are the very same issues that have created such polarization in America itself.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Stanford law professor Mugambi Jouet grew up in Paris. As an outsider he looks at America with a unique point of view. He believes that the causes of our political backwardness have been deeply ingrained in the DNA of Americans from the nation’s founding. Among the most significant causes, he argues, are:

• Anti-intellectualism

• Anti-government paranoia

• Racial resentment

• Christian fundamentalism

Taken together, these are largely to blame for America’s red/blue divide as well as the divide between America and the rest of the West.


Why America Is the Exception, But Not Exactly Exceptional - WhoWhatWhy

Paris, huh? So his real problem is the American spirit doesn't suffer from surrender-itis.

 

[WheelieAddict]

There always have been a dark underbelly in America , it seems to come out in cycles throughout American history , seems we are in one of those cycles now



When it comes to a whole basket of issues — abortion, gun rights, mass incarceration, and health care, to name just a few — the US is completely out of step with our Western European allies.

And these are the very same issues that have created such polarization in America itself.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Stanford law professor Mugambi Jouet grew up in Paris. As an outsider he looks at America with a unique point of view. He believes that the causes of our political backwardness have been deeply ingrained in the DNA of Americans from the nation’s founding. Among the most significant causes, he argues, are:

• Anti-intellectualism

• Anti-government paranoia

• Racial resentment

• Christian fundamentalism

Taken together, these are largely to blame for America’s red/blue divide as well as the divide between America and the rest of the West.


Why America Is the Exception, But Not Exactly Exceptional - WhoWhatWhy

 

[theHawk]

Joos and Muslims.

 

[WillowTree]

There always have been a dark underbelly in America , it seems to come out in cycles throughout American history , seems we are in one of those cycles now



When it comes to a whole basket of issues — abortion, gun rights, mass incarceration, and health care, to name just a few — the US is completely out of step with our Western European allies.

And these are the very same issues that have created such polarization in America itself.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Stanford law professor Mugambi Jouet grew up in Paris. As an outsider he looks at America with a unique point of view. He believes that the causes of our political backwardness have been deeply ingrained in the DNA of Americans from the nation’s founding. Among the most significant causes, he argues, are:

• Anti-intellectualism

• Anti-government paranoia

• Racial resentment

• Christian fundamentalism

Taken together, these are largely to blame for America’s red/blue divide as well as the divide between America and the rest of the West.


Why America Is the Exception, But Not Exactly Exceptional - WhoWhatWhy

You sound as if you just love Europe! Tickets aren't that expensive! You could live in paradise!

 

[Cellblock2429]

There always have been a dark underbelly in America , it seems to come out in cycles throughout American history , seems we are in one of those cycles now



When it comes to a whole basket of issues — abortion, gun rights, mass incarceration, and health care, to name just a few — the US is completely out of step with our Western European allies.

And these are the very same issues that have created such polarization in America itself.

Like Alexis de Tocqueville, Stanford law professor Mugambi Jouet grew up in Paris. As an outsider he looks at America with a unique point of view. He believes that the causes of our political backwardness have been deeply ingrained in the DNA of Americans from the nation’s founding. Among the most significant causes, he argues, are:

• Anti-intellectualism

• Anti-government paranoia

• Racial resentment

• Christian fundamentalism

Taken together, these are largely to blame for America’s red/blue divide as well as the divide between America and the rest of the West.


Why America Is the Exception, But Not Exactly Exceptional - WhoWhatWhy

You sound as if you just love Europe! Tickets aren't that expensive! You could live in paradise!

/---- France has tough immigration laws.