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Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:30PM (#29503900)
Maybe. Maybe. Or maybe that triggers the civil war.

Look, it's possible. It could even be what we need. But for it to work, we'd need wisdom and honest compromise, not sound-bite driven trench-warfare politics. Under current conditions, I see a low probability that it would work.

Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:57PM (#29504225)
Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by sagarm on Friday December 10, 2021 @03:09AM (#29507594)
In a country where a sizable minority feel that simply wearing masks during a pandemic is an unconscionable infringement of personal liberty?
Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Friday December 10, 2021 @09:11AM (#29510027)
That same country still has a mandatory selective service for the military.
Re:‘Tipping point’ makes partisan polarization irreversible ... by AnimalMuppet on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:17PM (#29512512)
No it doesn't. It has a purely voluntary military. (People still have to register for selective service, but there hasn't been a draft in decades.)