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Red State v Blue State is too simplistic. The real divide is one of fear. Life isn't easy. It's downright hard when you lack the skills and the confidence to cope with it. Once upon a time, we taught children values and skills that they needed to live as free individuals. Now we indoctrinate them, and the principle problem with that system is that we don't prepare them with the values and they are servile. Thus, they fear life, and they're ready, willing, and able to stampede at every cry of wolf emanating from our leaders. The pandemic has been the perfect opportunity to exercise control through fear. Indeed, it's so perfect that it's tempting to believe that it was manufactured just for this purpose.

I'm proud to be in the 4%, by choice. I hate the damage being done, but believe the real figures are the 1% (the "haves"), and the rest ("have nots") IMO. By keeping us divided we are easier to manage. Money buys power and the rest is self-explanatory. One side cares about the USA's future. The other believes that whoever dies with the most toys wins, and that is a lose/lose for all, because you can't take it with you in passing. You can't create another planet in time to save us. Man is his own worst enemy often.

I ponder these types of topics on a daily basis. If the Country were to split by Red/Blue states. I fear the the Blues wouldn't leave it at that. They would be unsustainable in their ability to feed themselves, California would not have enough water to last a month, and would then begin a program of trying to take the Middle American farmlands. North America would turn into a battlefield. We're already seeing migrations away from the blue States, imagine the rush should there be a split.