Even in European countries there are two dominant parties that work with others on their side of the aisle. In fact the concept of a left and right comes from France.

Polarization is universal in politics at the scales or democracy.

I feel many people are so privileged on both sides of politics that they have nothing better to do than to create their own problems.

I’m not sure what you are trying to accomplish by using such a wide brush to paint such an inaccurate, broad picture. This really isn’t much better than saying “democrats are communists”.

Yes. Politically militant people are becoming more common. This time last month people seemed to have been much more agreeable even if they didn’t agree with you.

My grievances? I do not have any, I voted Joe Biden in 2020. I’m simply telling you how people you clearly don’t understand see this situation.

The fact Trump was willing to do that is proof to many of his supporters that he “has their back”.

Why only sexual abuse? This is a problem for survivors of child abuse in general. By the time we realize we have legal recourse it’s usually too late. You get like 2-5 years after the incident depending on your state.

My abusers will never face justice simply because I was too young and poor to file charges. I would like to see these extensions given to all child abuse victims, not just sexual.

Good. I’m a conservative Wisconsinite myself, but the state senate acts like they’re royalty, continually ignoring they will of the people and saying that’s what we actually want.

See: Marijuana reform. We have millions, possibly billions in taxes going to other states and state republicans claim the people aren’t ready for it, even though something like 70%+ of the states population is in favor of legalization.

Meanwhile we have almost all of the top 50 counties in the US for alcoholism. But ignore that, weed crime is the real issue apparently.

We need the state congress to accurately represent the people, not this corrupt bs we have now.

My state stupreme court (Wisconsin)ruled that the covid voting measures taken during the 2020 election were illegal. That isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s just fact.

Ignoring people’s grievances with the process being illegally changed and acting as if it’s just a conspiracy theory is just going to drive many to vote forfor Trump.

Are people really surprised by this? Trump was indicted for January 6th just before an election year. I don’t condone violence, but it is prone to happen a lot between now and November 2024. Depending on the outcome, there’ll probably be a lot of violence immediately after November 2024 as well…

Goodness help us.

Talking about bringing manufacturing jobs back to the Midwest is a very big one here. Whether or not it actually makes economic sense to do so doesn’t matter, the fact is he’s saying it. People want to hear that.

I didn’t give a solution, just an observation. People are willing to be forgiving since they feel Trump is working for them more than establishment politicians are.

Regardless of what you think of it, populism gets votes.

Yes. This is the power of Trump’s populism. It’s astounding that coastal Americans still don’t understand the suffering Middle Americans are going though that continue to lead to these extreme candidates on the right, but here we are.

Micheal Moore was right.

Not hard to vote for a to-be-convicted criminal when the rest of the candidate pool are criminals who will never be convicted.

Why not go a step further and make huge education mandatory? We used to consider high school optional, but eventually we realized the immense value that comes with an educated society.

This would put us in line with other countries who give loans to college students with no interest. I think it’s a great idea, much better than the one time loan forgiveness nonsense that was tried before.

I’ll help you out.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_tower

Ever hear the concept of the “house n-word”? They were a slave that was allowed to live in the house as a servant, who also got education such as reading and writing. Didn’t change the fact most slaves were living in what amounted to chicken coops for humans.

Tyson got to where he is on his own merits, but there can still be institutional discrimination that prevents other black people from doing what he did.

Another great example of this in science is the Nobel Prize. It is infamously sexist, even excluding people who such as Noether who have contributed physics insights comparable to Newton or Einstein.

Funny how the ivory tower that preaches to us about equality and social justice turns out to be racist themselves.

I never said anything was impossible, I said it will be a logistical nightmare that will hurt working class people at the expense of office workers. I’m done engaging if you’re going to intentionally take my comments out of context. Good day.

Why would my company pay me overtime rather than telling me to go home after 32 hours? My wage will be cut, the only benefit I get is a better work life balance, but that doesn’t mean much when I’ll no longer be able to afford rent.

I remember people telling us here in the rust belt that bills like NAFTA would benefit us greatly by reducing the cost of living, yet 30 years later we’re still suffering and being told to trust the same pencil pushers who promised not to screw us over last time.

Thankfully I don’t see republicans letting this bill though. We’ve suffered enough of this economic experimentation.