From Civil Wars to heart wrenching battles on foreign ground, from economic depressions to the huge industrial and technological boom, and now, having a political atmosphere so polar it is hard for anyone to agree, it is almost shocking that the American government has lasted as long is it has. However, it still stands a individualized but unified country. For a country built on principles purposefully excluding people if you were not white or male, you can expect there to be some major flaws with how our country runs its machine. \u00a0Our government and land have yet to collapse (though maybe teetering), but the people in our country have become very strongly separated.This gridlock of views can create a temporary peril in the nation as one side can never seem to compromise with the other. This causes the population to be entrenched in what they believe and only that. Compromise is lost, compassion is hard to find, and our country stands on a teeter-totter of collapse. One could say, yes, American democracy is doomed. However, Americans (on some level) are living here right now because they feel stable here. If the quality of their lives are still on the positive side of the scale. American democracy would truly start to fail if the people and the majority of the people rose up and revolted; if they caused complete havoc forcing it to collapse and turn to turmoil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From Civil Wars to heart wrenching battles on foreign ground, from economic depressions to the huge industrial and technological boom, and now, having a political atmosphere so polar it is hard for anyone to agree, it is almost shocking that … Continue reading