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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.
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>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.

I certainly hope so, because which country is going to save the world if they cannot even save themselves and are in self-destruct mode?