Has unity become a foul word?

@Soossie's post got me to thinking about our country and wondering if, at this juncture, we the people could find the pathway to a unified country.

Granted, we’ve never, except for rare moments, truly been unified, or even a gracious (to one another) nation; but is it impossible for the majority of us to sit and “break bread” and become unified in a way forward?

What are your thoughts both for and against the idea?

I'm open to thoughts and ideas from others than those who live in the U.S.

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Here's a though experiment.

Imagine that all of North America had remained (or become) a colony of Britain. Imagine that just as with India the Viceroy is someone like Mountbatten instructed to separate the colony from the mother country as quickly as possible.

In this time of division and strife would partition not seem like the solution the internal problems? This time instead of partitioning the country into a Muslim part and another for all the rest it would be divided into a conservative part and a progressive part.

For the slow of thinking: I'm not saying that it would work or that it did work in India, it's a starting point for conversation, discussion, and debate.