To all American Escapists/anyone currently living in America.

[Naheal]

If we do, we'll come up with something else, don't you worry.

 

[rayen020]

america will figure all this out eventually. The reason it doesn't happen now is because there is always some looming problem to tackle first. presidents get maybe one domestic issue resolved per administration, and they will run their campaign on it, if it doesn't have enough support it won't happen. Same sex marriage, abortion, marijuana legality, these things don't have enough support one way or the other to swing a vote. until they do you won't see them get resolved.

IF china becomes a superpower and takes on a bigger role in policing the world america might find itself forced to look at domestic issues harder and then we might see some real progress.

what IF more like WHEN China becomes a superpower
but if you think about it countries do generally become less crazed when they no longer rule the world, just look at England we used to Empire crazed now we stagnate quietly and aren't too polarised

well technically china kinda already is a superpower from economic and population stand points. That IF also refered to the policing the world though.

 

[Chrysocollus]

Well, they'll get wrapped up eventually, but not before we have more shit to argue about.

Just kinda how it goes.

 

[8bitlove2a03]

So long as the majority of citizens in any given state proclaim themselves to be Christian, there will never be an end to the arguments of same-sex rights and abortion.

As for marijuana, I feel fairly confident that we will see it legalized across the nation for medical purposes within the next twenty years. After that, it will only be a matter of time before some states realize "Hey! We could tax this!", and it will be legalized and controlled as a recreational substance.

 

[flagship]

Not for a while, it's easier for politicians to rally voters based on polarizing issues with no actual solution than to actually fix things.

Sadly most of these problems could be easily solved by people minding their own business.

 

[HigherTomorrow]

Is that satirical, or are you being honest? Because while people have done plenty of bad things in the name of religion, none of the major world religions have truly "bad" teachings. Sure, the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin, but it also says everyone's a sinner, and that Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross so that everyone could be forgiven.

Note that I am not proclaiming beliefs here, I'm making a point. Make sure you separate the religion from its followers. There are plenty of intelligent Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, and people from other religions. There are also plenty of dumb ones. Same goes for atheists and agnostics.

Don't worry, I was being satirical. It doesn't matter which beliefs a political viewpoint stem from, whether Religious or otherwise, all that matters is that said beliefs have the right to be put forward in political discussion.

 

[deleted_by_strongbad]

It depends, the politicians in the US anymore aren't capable of true thought, they are simply argument/propaganda bots, and as such are incapable of reaching any real resolution unless forced into it. So, if the citizens, on a wide scale unhypnotize themselves enough to force these useless freaks into actually doing their jobs rather than just perpetually positioning and campaigning for re-election then sure, any issue that could come about will be resolved eventually.

 

[emeraldrafael]

No. Cause the cultural different will always separate us. Old Men in capital hill who are out of touch with the young that dont vote for them.

Plus religion adds a whole different aspect to it.

 

[InfiniteSingularity]

Only when all the old conservatives die and the government is taken over by the younger generation

 

[lemiel14n3]

When we settle these debates, we'll move on to the next ones, some we haven't even conceived of yet.

And I'm fine with that, as long as we stop the system that we're employing now. This is no longer debate it's a bunch of boys building clubhouses and saying the others aren't allowed in. We need to get back to debate and stop fighting, it's not a goddamn war, work together assholes.

Plus, someone needs to kill, or at least fire Glenn Beck, and pretty much the entirety of the FOX news team, they're just making the problem worse.