It is time to consider eliminating many federal programs, especially those small and heavily regulated, and replacing them with a large investment in those joint operations at the same level. state and local, tailored to the needs and priorities of each locality. The federal government could pay for these through its share of gross national income that existed between 1972 and 1986 - a system that also reduced grassroots inequality by prioritize investments in poorer states and communities. Washington can also strengthen nongovernmental organizations with tax exemptions on philanthropy.
While traveling around the United States from 2012 to 2017, authors Deborah and James Fallows discovered that the cities and towns that work best are the ones that bring people together to solve problems. Actual issue, not affected by partisan political activities. Such "municipalities" have strong local leadership and often rely on public-private partnerships to get things done. French historian and writer Alexis de Tocqueville created the phrase "habit of the heart" to describe the cooperation he found in small groups, which he believes is the origin of the model of civic governance. master. Habits like that require people to work face-to-face, where they can meet and get to know each other.
Joe Biden has a great mission ahead - keeping his promise to be president of all Americans. This president-elect was very clever in ignoring the leftist proposals to escalate the cultural war. Instead, he spoke sympathetically with the working world, with elders and those with traditional cultural views, and with women living in the concerned suburbs. afraid of street violence and big changes. He has announced no slashing police budgets, socializing healthcare, or increasing taxes on the middle class. Obviously he wants to unite the country. This may be one of the most difficult jobs, but it is also the most essential job that a US president has to perform. Biden can be capturedAmerica is facing serious challenges, since protesters supporting President Donald Trump flooded the parliament building in Washington Capital on the afternoon of January 6.During the four hours of occupation, congressmen had to lie down in their chairs and crawl under tables to avoid injury from riot, before being evacuated to safety.The riots on January 6 left 5 dead, including a police officer, several dozen injured, including more than a dozen security guards in the National Assembly.
History is repeated, after more than two hundred years. In 1814 British troops attacked and destroyed many places including the parliament building under construction. That was when there was a war in the war called "1812 War".The attack on the parliamentary headquarters this time was from thousands of people who disagreed with the 11/3/2020 election results.In recent days, US security officials have warned the public that from now until the date of the oath of office, there will be armed street demonstrations in Washington Capital and in state capitals.
The incident at the federal legislature of the United States was a serious violation of the law that security officials, in Tuesday afternoon news conference 12/1/2021, emphasized that the participants of the riot will be punished according to the law. The smallest crime is trespassing a no-access area until vandalism, theft of state property or serious crime related to murder.
President Trump was blamed for inciting protesters to rebel on January 6.January 13, in a state of strict security with national guards guarding many parts of parliamentary headquarters, an unprecedented event since the civil war, after hours of discussion, President Trump has been voted on the harp by the House of Representatives once more. Up to this point, the security and order situation since the riots on January 6, 2021 around the US Congress building has been restored, but the United States is not really at peace. The deep divide that exists in the heart of the United States is certainly a serious challenge facing the new US President Joe Biden.On November 3, American voters officially voted to choose the national leader and head of government to steer the country for the next 4 years, with the heavy task of bringing the US in the immediate future. get out of the double crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an election between incumbent President Donald Trump representing Republicans in a conservative way, with former Vice President Joe Biden representing Democrats in a liberal way.
Not only electing a new President and Vice President, in this general election, US voters also select representatives for the next term, thereby re-voting all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 in a total of 100 seats in the Senate, while electing 11 governor positions and about 5,000 seats in state legislatures across the country.
Four days after the presidential election, on November 7, 2020, the US media simultaneously reported that Democratic candidate Joe Biden was the one who had finished before Trump when he had more hands. 270 electoral votes, the minimum number of votes a candidate should have. However, US President Donald Trump did not acknowledge this result and from here Trump's election team has been litigating proceedings against election fraud.
The lawsuits focus on the battlefield states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania ... The lawsuit was filed in the state and federal courts, where Democratic candidate Joe Biden was declared war. wins. However, the election team lawsuits of President Trump aimed at reversing the election results in the states have failed.
Biden's victory continued to be solidified again on December 14, 2020, when the electoral college voted to confirm he surpassed the current President Trump in the race to the White House. According to the results of the electoral votes, Mr. Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes in 24 states, including many important battlefield states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin. while President Trump won only 232 electoral votes.
The results of the electoral college vote were then sent to the National Assembly. The House of Representatives held a joint session on January 6, 2021 to count the number of electoral votes from all 50 states and the capital of Washington in the US Presidential election on November 3, 2020. by. This joint session of Congress is the final procedure before the new President is sworn in. Normally, in every previous presidential election in the US, the electoral conference and the general session of the bicameral Congress of the US Congress was just a matter of form, because the defeated candidate recognized the victory of the opponent. political players shortly after the American media confirmed which candidate had won more than 270 electors. But the 2020 election alone, because the incumbent President Donald Trump refused to admit defeat, caused c
In November 2020, the American people elected Joe Biden as their new president, and many people were relieved to hear the results of the election. However, this joy may be too soon. Americans have a new president, not a new country. America is still deeply divided with more than 74 million people, or 47% of voters, vote in favor of incumbent President Donald Trump. When this article was published, Donald Trump has yet to admit defeat and declare there is fraud in the election. Although the courts found the claim was unfounded, more than a third of the US voters and 70% -80% of those who voted for Trump concurred with the statement. Trump's refusal to accept the legality of the election results would undermine Biden's efforts to bolster the support he needs to run the country successfully.
Why is America so divided? If Americans and their leaders fail to deal with the problem, America's liberal democracy will still be threatened and America's soft power will diminish, even as threats. global and authoritarian or populist governments elsewhere flourished.
Trump's failure to accept his election defeat is the latest manifestation of an identity politics driven by cultural and economic factors. Members of two political parties in the US are dividing into different groups based on their identities instead of their policy priorities. Republicans tend to be religious, live in rural areas, were born in the US, are elderly, are men, and have low levels of education. Most of them are white and working class. Democrats are the opposite. The number of Republican voters may decrease as the population ages and people of color gradually become a majority. However, the political institutions in the United States, including the Electoral College and the Senate, are inclined to the rural electoral bloc and the small Republican states.
Since partisan divisions are mainly based on the deepest values, or identities, of the members rather than their political views as before, the other party is not only the opposition but also is the enemy; and political activity is no longer about seeking compromises to solve common problems, but about winning the war for one's own side.Many American voters are now dominated by cultural values that characterize the society in which they want to live and the group of people they believe they belong to, rather than personal economic interests and preferences. policy. According to the initial results of post-voting voter polls, issues such as racism, abortion, crime and the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic have become particularly prominent in the election. election in November 2020, and the vote-by-income difference is less than the vote difference rate across cultural issues. Furthermore, political activities in the US today are closely related or intertwined with religion. About half of Republicans believe God chose Trump as the one who saved the country from liberalism. This new type of sectarianism is often more emotional than rational. In the book Why America is Polarized, journalist Ezra Klein writes: “Identity once accepted is more difficult to change than it is. Giving up an identity that binds you to a community you care about will be costly and painful, and your mind will find every way to avoid giving it up.
So how does America separate itself into communities where they themselves feel so different and hostile? It would be impossible to clarify this issue without mentioning that the people of this country have lost faith in the mainstream media and fact-based statements. Social media and cable TV have produced a variety of misinformation and conspiracy theories that allow each person to build their own flow of information to confirm their previous position.
Republican supporters tend to enjoy watching Fox News. But will Fox News help Republicans get more votes? The answer is yes". A noteworthy study by several scholars has found that even after subtracting the number of people who choose to watch Fox News by themselves, the "Fox News effect" is still large enough to turn the results of an election. . If the "mysterious cash flow" (campaign payments but not made public) and the increasing frequency of cable news amplify this effect, then the media can decide the results of elections. There is already evidence that the news media is responsible for much of the growing polarization of the American public.
The political and cultural divisions that the media exploit and create do not start with Trump or Fox News. Instead, they derive somewhat from the background The fact that many countries, including the US and other advanced ones, are leaning towards nationalism and geographically xenophobic indigenousism originating from small towns and rural areas. most of the non-industrialization process. Job loss, wage stagnation and the associated effects on social structure clearly play a role. Even so, pure economic analysis is not enough to capture the full story. One cannot rely on purely economic concepts to justify the need to politicize the wearing of masks, growing fears that one's children might marry someone. belonging to the opposition party, the major differences between the two parties on racial views or the Protestant strong support of the Protestant community for Trump. As political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck wrote: “The growing divide between Democrats and Republicans threatens to make political conflict increasingly related to traits that help. identifying Americans rather than what the government should do… This is an American identity crisis, and it's getting worse. ”
It will be difficult to heal the divisions of America. In the book "The Forgotten Americans", the author proposes a comprehensive agenda to resolve economic divisions. The agenda focuses on the dignity of the job and calls for more investment in skills training, job creation, salary increases and benefits. The author proposes to provide tax incentives for the private sector to train and share profits with employees. In addition, the author now believes that the United States may need to adopt a more explicit industrial policy in addition to grassroots strategies to revive small towns and rural communities. The author also believes that the cultural background that causes the divisions in the US is more important than what I have known before. To solve this problem, in addition to an economic agenda, the United States also needs new efforts to reestablish respect for the truth and foster mutual respect among political groups. and society.
Increasing the ability to respect the truth will require equipping the public with media knowledge, more financial investment in the public media system, and the imposition of regulations on the media. society as in public services to limit the spread of false information. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the truth is not always victorious if they conflict with beliefs that tighten one's bonds with family and close friends. The message to encourage people to wear masks from the authorities has been flooded in the media, but many people still do not comply. Vaccines against measles, influenza, or the new strain corona virus have been shown to be safe and highly effective, but a large proportion of the population is still not ready to be vaccinated and this number continues to increase. increase. Using facts to rectify conspiracy theories usually only increases the number of followers. For these reasons, resolving divisions in American society will require improving relationships among groups, and at the same time explaining the facts so that people understand the truth. Simply put, different American communities need to find ways to better understand each other.
Why is the liaison between communities so important? In a famous experiment from the 1950s, psychologists discovered that when a group of boys were randomly assigned to two groups and then split apart, the hostility between the two groups escalated to the point where danger. Conversely, when people in a group spend time with people outside the group, their uncomfortable or distrustful attitudes decrease. As the social psychologists Thomas F. Pettigrew and Linda R. Tropp found in a landmark survey based on 515 empirical studies, bias and distrust are significantly reduced when the group knows each other. Serving in the military is a prime example: loyal relationships and strong friendships are formed even between soldiers that barely have in common after they fight together. battlefield. Similarly, communities with virtually no immigrants are the groups most prone to anti-immigrant attitudes, such as those that helped Trump take power in the US and voted to remove the UK from the EU. (Brexit). The less people know each other, the more likely people are to hold prejudices about each other.
