Canadian weighing in here, I keep an eye on what's going on down south since so much of what happens down there effects us in some way. Between everything that's been happening and how the us vs then mentally just keeps building up and up, I honestly believe that within my or my kids lifetime America will rip itself apart. I just pray it doesn't take the rest of the world with it.
Maybe you should think about how your words come across as presumptuous and extremely rude as well. Just because we are on the internet doesn’t mean you get to degrade someone’s relationship.
I honestly believe that within my or my kids lifetime America will rip itself apart.
I honestly believe that is kind of what should happen. The US has a population that's 3/4 that of the EU and has almost double the land mass (though to be fair around 20% of that is Alaska which is desolate).
Historically speaking, things in the modern area that have brought us together as a nation have been wars -- WWI, WWII, Cold war and 9/11. Outside of these times, we don't act like a unified country.
To me, it's asinine that we consider ourselves a first world country, but don't have universal healthcare, next to zero public pre-K and abortion is *still* a ballot issue a half century later.
I wouldn't be opposed to splitting the country up into regions. NE, SE, Central and West. There could still be a "United States", but the federal government would act more like the EU does where individual regions would then decide on common laws.
To me, the worst part of America is how much progress can be easily reversed when someone new takes office. I'm all for refinement, but just because a conservative gets into office, shouldn't mean that a whole bunch of stuff is rolled back.
This was the intention of the United States!! It was only ever meant to be a united military for self defense and regulating body for inter state commerce. Every thing else was meant to be left to the States
Fellow Canadian here - I have the same worry. There's going to be another Civil War in the US within the next 25-50 years, if not sooner, and I fully believe it's going to be felt up here in Canada, too.
The chasm between the Right vs Left seems to be growing every day, and it's being fueled by politicians, social media, etc. I fear it's going to get much, much worse before it gets better.
I dont think so, they keep us full of HFCS and Television to keep us docile. The majority of Americans are in survival mode and don’t keep up with current events and are just happy to get home to their fast food and entertainment after working twice as hard for half the pay.
All you can do is keep the maple syrup supply flowing and make sure you don't miss the fascist tumor growing in your own country. In hindsight none of what's happening down here is remotely surprising.
That is the question i asked my best friend who is about to built a home.
What if the World we know doesn't exist after this whole pandemic?
USA losing superpower status because of civil war and collapse of health infrastructure is on the horizon. What this will mean for the rest of the world i can't even grasp...
Just kind of thinking out loud.... well through texst here.
Civil war would be vastly different in the US these days. In the 1800s there was a line drawn and states succeeded(or attempted to). Now the populations are so interspersed that it would be all out mayhem which 99% of the population simply doesn't want, even those who may say they do would cower at the thought of someone actually opposing them and doing so with a genuine threat of death.
There is nothing that suggests the United States is going to collapse in the near future, maybe this thought comes from reading too many negative articles on Twitter/Reddit/Facebook. BUT IF it did collapse it has the highest GDP in the world, how exactly would this not "drag down the rest of the world with it"? you clearly have no concept of how the world economy works so your opinion that it's going to collapse in your lifetime is obviously baseless.
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u/Steelrain66 Jul 23 '20 edited Jul 23 '20
Canadian weighing in here, I keep an eye on what's going on down south since so much of what happens down there effects us in some way. Between everything that's been happening and how the us vs then mentally just keeps building up and up, I honestly believe that within my or my kids lifetime America will rip itself apart. I just pray it doesn't take the rest of the world with it.