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Sometimes it seems to me that the US should be divided into two, and everyone move to the half that they agree with.

I think we already had (past tense) the solution in federalism. If the federal government only did what the constitution says it does, most of the red state/blue state stuff wouldn't even be an issue at the federal level. Who won the presidential election or which party controls congress would be much less significant. The average person would have little reason to care much one way or the other.

Sadly we broke that a long time ago and Humpty Dumpty isn't going back together again.

The way Roe v Wade is going seems exactly like federalism. If the Supreme Court says it's not their place to rule that way then it'll fall on individual states to protect or ban abortion. And one can imagine some states being for it and some being against it, along political lines

I wish, there really are effectively two USAs at this point, and the southern portion is leeching the West Coast to death.

We grow most of their food, and make most of their technology. What are they contributing besides hate and divisiveness?

They’re buying a lot of useless widgets which helps support the lifestyles of a lot of vile people from all social classes, while pumping out incalculable greenhouse gases, spreading dogma, and there are a few a solar farms, cows, prairies, and natural resource extraction sites.

I'd end up in the thin strip of no man's land between the two, the enemy of both.

I think that is (was) the idea, just 50 pieces.

"the US should be divided into two"

I've been thinking along those lines myself lately - like India and Pakistan partitioning in 1947.

It's not only depressing but it's a tragedy for the country especially at a time when China is on the ascendancy, Russia is becoming more Stalinist like and the world generally is becoming a more dangerous place.

The lack of a common narrative within the US is potentially devastating not only for the US itself but also other Western democracies. This division within the US ought to be of primary concern to US citizens but it doesn't seem so.

I'm not in the US and I can't help feeling that the decline of the US and its world influence is of more concern to people like me than it is for many US citizens.

As I said it's very depressing and many of us on the outside are looking on helplessly knowing that we can do nothing about it.

Which half gets to keep the name?

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