emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
1. The Founders also disagreed between greater federal authority vs rights of states and people.When most Americans shared a last name with those who died in world wars, when most Americans were Protestant Christians, when most spoke the same language, when most loved, cherished, protected and preserved Americas flag, our history, tradition, culture and value system, when American nationalism was celebrated and encouraged, when most understood the value of hard work, determination and accountability, when most were ashamed to be funded by fellow citizens, when almost all were heterosexual and not gender confused.
Remember when only the smallest of things seperated the ideologies of the parties?
2. The Civil War was fought over political divisions, and Blacks were physically lynched as a community social event.
The difference today is we have access to corporate influence through parties and media.
Corporate entities, whether commercial interests, political party financiers of judges and other candidates, or media conglomerates, can claim "personhood" and exercise BOTH individual rights without govt regulations AND collective influence without respecting rights and protections govt has to follow.
This imbalance of unchecked influence by collective groups that outweigh individuals is greater than the past, where the Crowned heads of Spain and England funded colonialization by explorers and foundations of settlements and govt.
We have both greater ability to exercise and access democratic outreach on collective levels, and to abuse these to bypass checks and protections intended to defend individual rights and liberty.
So we see both greater extremes of good will and ill will, for the benefit of humanity as well as detriment of society and the planet.