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>perhaps because the republicans are not republicans anymore, just anti-democrats.
>and the democrats are not democrats anymore, just anti republican. And with this political hate against anything from the other side they are flushing the whole US down the toilet.

There's a lot to what you say, but I'm not so pessimistic about the outcome.
If you could spend some time with my teen grandsons and their friends, you might have a more positive outlook.
They "get it" and when their time comes around, I think that things will change.