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America's Middle Problem

America has a middle problem. We don't seem to have one. We have two points of view.  Or at least, we only vote on two points of view. We are a country of life or choice.  We all arm ourselves or nobody has guns. Welfare or get a job. Business killing regulation or corporate wild west.  Republican or Democrat.  You must HATE Trump or LOVE him with undying conviction.   I can sum up the US political climate like this: As long as you are wrong, I am right. How the fuck did we get here?  This is a problem that pre-dates Trump.  WE have been divided for decades if not a couple a three centuries.  Hell, in the prism of time the US is a rounding error away from a Civil War.   We have been baited into this.  Having opposition is the key to ratings.  Ratings are the key to winning elections.  But that is because we are in a system where it is one on one.  You pick a side or you are wasting your vote.  You pick a side and you cling to that side.  Don’t’ you dare turn on yo