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Alison L De Celis's avatar

Hmmm. This is sad news, but at least, by this telling, there will actually *be* a next election. Some of us have been wondering if we'd even have that.

I'm not doubting this prediction at all, but I'm trying to figure out how such a split would even work, given the U.S. geography. Right now, we have a South--the old Confederacy--completely dominated by this new, brutal, right-wing politics, and a Midwest/Rust Belt (including many of the swing states) that has mostly gone that way as well as of this week. What remain are a few unconnected islands of blue in the Midwest (Illinois, Minnesota), a bit of light blue in the Southwest (that would be New Mexico; I have no faith that Nevada will buck the rightward tide), and blue on both coasts; and even there, many people subscribe to reactionary politics. (I mean, I understand the concept of the pendulum needing to swing back after going too far to the left, but this pendulum swing threatents to take us all back to the 1950s.)

I have my doubts about the Midwestern states holding on--especially Minnesota--and as for California, they swing about every 30 years anyway; remember, California gave us Ronald Reagan.

Are you sure the future isn't just reactionary red from sea to shining sea? An awful sort of unity after all? Will those in the blue states even have the strength to split away, or will everything be mowed under into right-wing autocracy? What a dreadful future for a once-great country.

Also, do you see any "rise from the ashes" prospects after the great split, or is this the end? At this point, I feel America is functionally over already.

Sigh. Obviously, I'm very sad right now, but am working on being able to send love and good intentions even to those who have (in my opinion) dragged us to the dark side. It's hard. Jessica, thank you for all your insights; you've been dead-on this whole time.

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Carol Mackie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿's avatar

Hi all , after reading the comments on here it’s clear some people are upset , I think politics brings out the worst in some people , sending love and light to our plant and praying for peace .. and by the way I love the America people it’s my place to go every year , sending love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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