>Yes, we also lost the plot on what government should be. It should be a tool for positive some collaboration, on projects that most people can agree on. It should not be a club for beating each other over the head.

And how we get there is through empathy for one another. Like full on Mr Rodger's love your neighbor.

Sure. I just dont think the role of the government is to enforce that.

Absolutely! It requires all of us to have agency and reach this on our own time.

A direct quote from Fred Rogers "There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it."