Ocean City
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With current partisan differences and animosities that are almost as potent as they were in the late 1850s, can liberals and conservatives happily coexist? Are the ideologies just too far separated now? Liberals want more government intervention in business, universal health care, non-interventionist foreign policy and little government control over peoples personal lives. Conservatives want the exact opposite: no government intervention in business, private health care, aggressive foreign policy, and government intervention into peoples personal lives such as restricting gay marriage, abortion, medical marijuana (and buying alcohol on Sundays in the South). Is there really any room for compromise in these issues? Or does compromise just leave everyone equally unhappy? For example, would conservatives be satisfied with compromise on health care reform? No. They are adamant that they don't want any further government intervention in the health care system. Would liberals be satisfied with compromise on gay rights? No, they are adamant that they want complete equal rights for gays.
So what is the solution? Do we all have to live unsatisfied or should the United States be separated into two countries, one with a liberal-socialist, European style government and the other with a conservative-capitalist style? Could this ever happen? Hypothetically, if this did happen, would you be willing to move to another part of the country to live under a government of your liking.
(Note: This thread is meant to be an honest analysis, please don't rant about who's ideologies are better or what group is "whacko" or "crazy" or "out of touch", or what style of government is "doomed". Please focus on the actual issue of how these two ideologies can co-exist, and what can be done about it if they can't.)
So what is the solution? Do we all have to live unsatisfied or should the United States be separated into two countries, one with a liberal-socialist, European style government and the other with a conservative-capitalist style? Could this ever happen? Hypothetically, if this did happen, would you be willing to move to another part of the country to live under a government of your liking.
(Note: This thread is meant to be an honest analysis, please don't rant about who's ideologies are better or what group is "whacko" or "crazy" or "out of touch", or what style of government is "doomed". Please focus on the actual issue of how these two ideologies can co-exist, and what can be done about it if they can't.)