Originally Posted by Sunset Poet
Kay-Lynn,

I appreciate the effort and sentiment in the song.
But I question the realism of it. There are actual consequences to political movements and the work-out is often not pretty.

Donald Trump and his elections are probably not the most divisive in American history.

That is probably Jefferson v Adams leading up to 1800. Jefferson was slammed as an atheist and slammed for Sally Hemmings. The election went to a draw and was decided in the HOR. It was ugly beyond belief.

Or

Lincoln v Douglas et al. That election resulted in a civil war with 750k causalities plus or minus.

In 1830 Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act and the tribes were defeated in the SE and relocated to OK. Painful and ugly.

As mentioned in 1860, a massive civil war where 50k casualties occurred at Gettysburg alone.

Then the Indians were subjugated on the Great Plains and West.

Then there was WW1, a European conflict that dragged in the US.
Then a Great Depression. With all sorts of strife and conflict. Even an American coup was planned as I understand it.
Then WW2, another foreign conflict that the US had to get in.

Then after WW2 came PAX AMERICANA which is the measuring stick for the good old days.
It's "Happy Days" was period of about 20 years of peace and prosperity in the wake of 2 world wars and a desperate recession.

My generation immediately took it for granted and began screwing it up.
It appears that we are at the end of the Pax Americana peace cycle.

Buckle up.

The point of all that...
Is that there really never was any blissful "US" that we should all strive to return to.
The way things are at present is a return to a natural trend-line, not a dramatic departure from it.

As for the future, I've no idea what happens.
The sides are dug in and the money is gone (debt) so realistic options seem narrow.
My suggestion is that you concentrate your efforts on securing the lives and well-being of those closest to you.

Ignore all of the above if you choose,

Marty

PS..I look in on your website now and then. It looks like it is gaining momentum. Congrats on that.

Excellent point. For some, these will be the good Ole days., or the dark ages of American politics


And democrats and republicans have never gotten along and willl never agree, its been proven they are wired differently

One thing we can agree on is we are all here, we either live on a 50/50 curve all the time, hate musicians because of who they support, start flame wars on Facebook,

Or we can realize how distant we are and try to realize we are all American, we ain't goin nowhere.

Point is we shouldnt be viewing our lives through a political filter

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