To save democracy, Americans need to hang out more

newstatesman.com

I don't bring up politics with friends because they have a more trustworty friend than myself, the TV.

I can't tell if this is satire, disingenuous political tripe, or if the author is just stupid.

How is blaming Republicans/libertarians for divisions in US society going to shrink those divisions?

Why is the suggestion at the end for Trumpers to invite their neighbors over for a drink, when it was just stated that 99% of US neighborhoods are politically segregated? What's the point of that?!

An absurd article to say the least. Start with the United States was not founded as a “democracy”. It was a republic. The idea that there’s too much individualism is ridiculous. There isn’t enough individualism. Everyone wants to be part of one collective or another, virtue signaling support for a vast panoply of ludicrous causes. It doesn’t end well. The ultimate arbiters of the collective is the government. Communism is the result and the US is well on the way.

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