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If you have a country where half of the population disagrees with the other half, and each half "cancels" the other and refuses to do business with them, the country will grind to a halt.


But we are all witness to the fact that it doesn't, at least so far.

The reason why it does not is that people don't typically wear their politics on their sleeves though the divisive nature of present day politics is not helping with that. So in fact, you may be prophetic, time will tell on that one.


Do you live in the US? It's absolutely happening. The acts of open warfare, with actual politically motivated killings, are surging.

Saying it's not bad because it only happens to people to assert their Constitutional right to free speech is, besides not true... Orwellian.


Life in the US is fine. I have no idea what you're talking about. I have lots of friends saying controversial things on Twitter and social media and they're not only alive but have fulfilling and happy jobs.




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