The pervasive mythology of American exceptionalism is essentially a religious doctrine positing that the US is essentially a perfect nation. Consequently, any issues arising within the system are perceived as external threats rather than inherent flaws. This mentality fuels the polarization between mainstream Republicans and Democrats, much like a religious schism. Both sides have a different interpretation of the doctrine and view each other as heretic traitors intent on destroying the nation.

  • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 个月前

    This mentality fuels the polarization between mainstream Republicans and Democrats, much like a religious schism. Both sides have a different interpretation of the doctrine and view each other as heretic traitors intent on destroying the nation.

    Nah, this is the only thing I can disagree upon

    More or less, to me, regardless of what they do, nowadays, the mere partisan fight is a performance for voters...

    Dem can't live without Rep, because the latter is the conservative boogeymen cow that they will milk marginalized urban demographics for...

    Rep can't live without Dem, because the latter is the "progressive" version of that...

    Either way, they get their coin in the drum, by both the voters, lobbyists, and the actual capitalist hands behind it

    The last time they were serious about national heresy, it was in the Civil War, where Republicans were "progressive" and Democrats "conservative"

    But, afterwards the more Lincolnite-Republicans acquiesced to Jim-Crow Democrats, in regards to the latter re-establish slavery by another name upon African Americans and populist settler agricultural hegemony, in exchange that Republicans continue their own industrialist and finance business alongside it...

    Edit: And this economic interdependence makes its essence

    it continues more or less the same, with switched modern faces in the 1960s we all know today

    (A two-faced maneuver, you say that)

    This is all before the concept of "external threats" that come from Global South was created as a concept.... which they accuse each other of...

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 个月前

      I agree with that, I was referring to the actual voting base itself though. I imagine that the cult leaders on each side are generally aware of the game they're playing. It's also worth noting that polarization is necessarily becoming more pronounced as the economic conditions decline.