Of all the schisms that cleave contemporary America, few are more stark than the divide between those who consider themselves to be victims of US history and those who fear they will be casualties of its future.

22 points

Superbly written article. The author distills the conflict very accurately.

permalink
report
reply
-57 points

Well, it’s very accurate from one perspective anyway. The author is obviously a Democrat/progressive.

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

That’s a convenient way to dismiss something that doesn’t fit your view.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-35 points

Based on op comment, I thought it was going to be an objective assessment of different views and perspectives, but it obviously isn’t. Maybe that was my bad assumption.

permalink
report
parent
reply
17 points

Except he is not American.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-40 points

No need to be pedantic. My point is that the author clearly likes Harris and doesn’t like Trump. The author does a good job illustrating the perspective of people who like Harris and don’t like Trump. But someone who likes Trump and doesn’t like Harris would say that the author doesn’t know what he is talking about.

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

i fear we will all be casualties of its future

permalink
report
reply
15 points

Why are white people so worried about being a minority in the US? Are minorities treated poorly or something?

permalink
report
reply
1 point

LOL 😂 the irony in that statement is thick enough to stick a spoon vertically in it and have it remain standing.

Regressives fear becoming the subject of the hatreds they spew out against others who are not white, cis, male, and Christian. Which is why conservatism is an evil ideology best left in the dustbin of history.

permalink
report
parent
reply
13 points

Fantastic and interesting article.

permalink
report
reply
13 points

This whole thing seems so easy to solve:

Take away the electoral votes of the south until they finally sort their shit out.

We never should have given it back to them after reconstruction, the VRA was dismantled because a conservative supreme court said ‘it’s been in place so long it must have fixed things, and you can’t prove it hasn’t!’ followed by waves of voter suppression throughout the south.

Let’s go back to reconstruction and try it again, we shouldn’t have stopped, that corrupt bargain in 1877 was a mistake, we just let the plantation class slime right back into power.

permalink
report
reply
5 points

Obligatory -

FUCK YOU ANDREW JOHNSON!

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Amen, he let the South assassinate Lincoln and get away with it because it made him president.

permalink
report
parent
reply

politics

!politics@lemmy.world

Create post

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That’s all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

Community stats

  • 15K

    Monthly active users

  • 11K

    Posts

  • 187K

    Comments