America's bickering is becoming boring

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Why think big? Small is so much easier.

As we take stock of 2021, the second year of a once-in-a-century pandemic was obviously a time of challenges: Relentless COVID-19, a delayed economic recovery, a whiff of inflation. Did we overcome with grace and grit?

Of course not! We aired grievances and called each other names and looked around for somebody to blame.

The America of 2021 is a nation of snowflakes and bickerers, easily offended and eager to take strong stands on things that barely matter. Scientists gave the world a remarkable gift this year: vaccines against a novel coronavirus that caused a pandemic, developed in record time. Some 38 million adult American have said: "No thanks, I’d rather take my chance with the virus."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/america-boring-bickering-194115163.html

[KT2000]

1. I have begun to see

America as a nation stuck in adolescence. It is a circular firing squad over any issue. In the immortal words of Nirvana: Here we are now, entertain us!

[YP_Yooper]

3. Adolescence, but devolving

Read this sociology hypothesis a ways back at OSU that said basically when you reach your peak, you then continue to devolve. So in humans, say your peak is at 45 years, when you're 60, you act like you're 25. 80, and you're back in diapers.

The US once walked on the moon, and the Repubs defunded NASA starting in the 80's and for decades, we couldn't get a person in orbit without the Russians.
The US invented the Internet, and now we've devolved into TikTok challenges and giving voices to extremists that would've never had a voice
The US had a strong middle class for the first time ever fighting the oligarchs say, in the 60's, and here we are back again with the oligarchs owning everything again.

[Walleye]

2. Most of us are not like that. We are being dragged down and apart by violent minority

[Hortensis]

4. :) True, and the post helpfully demonstrates the syndrome.

Happy New Year, everyone. The sooner we leap in, the sooner we get through to the good part.