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Offline Goddess

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Re: What's Stopping the 2nd US Civil War ?
« Reply #60 on: September 05, 2017, 04:47:36 pm »
Quote from: Moonlight Graham on August 29, 2017, 07:22:35 pm
It will get worse until white people come to grips with the fact that (unless birth rates increase substantially, which is very unlikely) caucasians will become an ethnic minority in the US by 2044.  Non-white babies are already the majority in the US.  I'm sure the #'s are similar if not higher in Canada.

Maybe this is the start of the concept of "race" becoming irrelevant with this kind of globalization, races mix & in the long term most of us in the west will have light-brown skin.



i think this could happen if it weren't for religion.
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Re: What's Stopping the 2nd US Civil War ?
« Reply #61 on: September 05, 2017, 06:53:09 pm »
Quote from: Goddess on September 05, 2017, 04:47:36 pm
i think this could happen if it weren't for religion.

That would help I am sure, but people object to other people based on things other than religion.   I think continuing to push for inclusiveness and free global movement of people will be effective eventually.
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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: What's Stopping the 2nd US Civil War ?
« Reply #62 on: September 06, 2017, 06:15:57 am »
Quote from: dia on September 05, 2017, 06:53:09 pm
I think continuing to push for inclusiveness and free global movement of people will be effective eventually.

And economic theory tells us that the currencies of emerging nations will increase in value, mitigating some of their advantages and raising wages also.

But the hardship in getting there does leave people behind, and that is the risk.  It happened before, but this time there are social programs - even in the US - that soften the economic blow somewhat.  The identity part isn't softened.
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Re: What's Stopping the 2nd US Civil War ?
« Reply #63 on: September 06, 2017, 10:07:51 am »
Quote from: dia on September 05, 2017, 06:53:09 pm
That would help I am sure, but people object to other people based on things other than religion.   I think continuing to push for inclusiveness and free global movement of people will be effective eventually.

Yes, religion is not the only divisive factor, but it is more of a major one than you think.

And what would be involved in "pushing for inclusiveness"?  For most it seems that they want to be included (translation: demand that everyone else adjust for THEM, but refuse to accomodate others), but refuse to extend that same inclusiveness to others.

My feeling is still that everyone wants their rights, but no one wants the responsibility of living in an inclusive society.  To have a true inclusive society, there needs to be accomodation on all sides, not just for one particular group's beliefs.  And what happens when one particular group's beliefs clash wildly with another group's beliefs?  It can't always be one group "giving in" and accomodating another.  It seems that some here only want inclusiveness and accomodation extended to their own pet "group" but don't care what that group does to others.

Ever since I lived in the US, I've said I can see another civil war happening soon down there.
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Re: What's Stopping the 2nd US Civil War ?
« Reply #64 on: September 12, 2017, 01:20:27 am »
Recent posts seem to have degenerated into alarmist...crap...for lack of a better word.  Wouldn't happen to be wishful thinking, would it?
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