Thought from the outside:

The planet is in a rather average state as a place to live right now. Technology is great. We have the internet, global news, streaming entertainment and the ability to work and educate our kids all from home.
We have the ability to produce Vaccines, new drugs and provide new cures on almost a daily basis.
And we continue to soil and degrade the only planet we have in the name of profit, while printing meaningless money.
But every nation has that issue.
A few nations have other troubles. Sectarian violence, intolerance, inequity, racial hatred and political corruption. Thats the human condition it seems.
Most nations and people aspire to a leader. Many look to America as the Emerald City. The dream.. But just lately.....................
As bad as I believed things would get in America (and much of that is still to show through the cracks) I never believed that the slightest possibility of Civil War mark 2, would ever happen. And yet here we are with regular military personel facing off against bearded beergutted moutainfolk and screaming ignorant "Karens".
At this point is doesnt matter who wins. The very fact that you are fighting each other, rather than working together to defeat a virus, a broken economy, and a corrupt political system has already decided for you. America the world leader is over. The world is turning its back and every one of you bears responsibility for trashing the American dream in favour of self interest.
(So long and thanks for the help with WW2)
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Graylight · 51-55, F

It's so unfortunate. The fighting has reached a level where both sides are willing to destroy what they love in the name of that very thing. In a word, insane.

I don't think it's the jurisdiction of only the right or the left (though I have my opinions on both); I think it's more about those at the very ends of either spectrum. Of course most Republicans aren't violence-hungry, greedy mouth-breathers. Neither is every Democrat a heart-on-the-sleeve, open borders socialist. Most just want the best for theirs and those around them.

Those in this country now perpetuating the chaos and unrest don't have a political platform or agenda at all. No more than do radicalized Muslims or evangelicals who would murder abortion doctors. They enjoy violence for the sake of violence and overthrow for the sake of the perceived power it brings. True party members [i]are[/i] interested in unity. Those voices have a place at the table.