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this post was submitted on 23 Apr 2026
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The only way this will happen is through violence, and even then it's not a guarantee.
Democrats refuse to hold Republicans accountable and we need to start acting like they are part of the problem.
democrats are just potty trained republicans, it seems to me. as an outsider america seems to have just one party that is divided.
This is a correct observation, from an American.
Watching all blue states fail in lock step to substantially improve the lives of the people that live in them has me thinking you are on to something.
American here. Can confirm. It's not left vs right, it really is just two different colors.
You have to remember that at the time of the civil war the US was a largely agrarian and geopolitically irrelevant backwater. It was terrified that the civil war would be the beginning of the end. So the lack of reparations was partly due to the fact that the south was (and still largely is) destitute, and partly because the north wanted a genuine reunification with minimal bad blood. Not saying it was the right choice. But it was based in logic.
Hopefully we have all learned the lesson of tolerating bigots and thieves.
Your first sentence is about the gist of it. No way out of it now.