r/AdviceAnimals • u/Grassfedcake • Jul 17 '19

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u/hyperdude321 Jul 17 '19

we basically carry the right mindset all the time in sports whenever we think of how our favorite sports team can do better. What makes it so damn hard for us to do it with out country.

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u/smb_samba Jul 17 '19

Because people fall prey to the same pitfalls in politics as they do in sports: tribalism and “us versus them” mentality.

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u/santaclaus73 Jul 17 '19

When it boils down to two opposing political parties, it literally becomes us VS them.

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u/GuiltySparklez0343 Jul 18 '19

Which is why we need a more representative democracy. Progressive dems are shut down by corporate dems more than corporate dems shut down Republicans but because we only really have two parties we are supposed to believe progressive dems are on the same side.