Yeah it’s purely a difference in critical thinking.

one side listens to what their partisan news and party leaders tell them to hate without question because it’s a cult

The other doesn’t view politics that way.

It’s remarkable how much common ground is under all the bullshit. I know because my wife constantly tells me how silly it is every time someone in her job wants to talk politics. They are mostly trumpers and every time they come away going oh I thought it was kids shitting in litter boxes in schools and oh well I hate rich people telling me what to do.

Like bro. Duh. We are on the same side

Double plus good reference.

I’m happy Europe is looking to bolster military in the wake of us shitting the NATO bed but it just…fits too well into the story lol

The down votes are because people are mad that you’re right.

However they made it a campaign issue so it’s fair game

Oh that’s a cool example. Yeah that level of interruption in global trade was crazy

I’m not an expert at all on this subject, but I’m wondering how much technology is going to accelerate our timeline in the US. Like if we looked at the technological advancement we have achieved since then and tried to quantify it. Like maybe the US is 100x more technologigally advanced than the Romans. Maybe the social consequences of that (social media, mass disinformation in every pocket, billionaire influence, etc) means we spiral downward and out of existence at a similarly more advanced rate.

Just a thought.