As the Election Season begins: Why I believe the U.S. will ultimately fail.

As we begin the election season there's been a lot of articles talking about how both sides see the this election as one of doom and gloom. How many are depressed and sad over the inevitable Biden vs Trump rematch. In years past elections were about hope and how the country would improve. The 2024 Election is the first election where that doesn't even seem to be on the radar for most voters. Sadly I agree with them.

I believe we are already in a cold civil war and the two sides have never been farther apart. I think the U.S. is in real trouble and here's why:

At its most basic core, what one thing do we have in common? Long term mostly stable countries always have at least one thing among its population. It can be a variety of things. A national language, a national religion or a national ethnicity (if you're a citizen of Japan you're most likely ethnically Japanese, if you're a citizen of Italy you're most likely ethnically Italian).

If not that you have a shared culture that the population typically embraces. All Chinese celebrate the Chinese New Year for example. All Italians celebrate All Saints Day. There isn't a uniquely American holiday the U.S. celebrates as a whole anymore.

There is nothing anymore that unites the vast majority of the U.S. We don't have a national language, a national religion or a national ethnicity. We don't have a shared culture and more and more insists on insulating ourselves in our own culture. You can see Hispanics who only live in Hispanic neighborhoods, celebrate their Hispanic holidays and traditions and only speak Spanish. Those Hispanic individuals wouldn't even be able to talk to an English speaking individual never mind have anything in common with them.

Different populations in the U.S. have different cultures. Those people view other cultures as either inferior or just have no interest in learning about those cultures. Whites have no interest in learning about Black culture. Hispanics have no interest in learning about White culture. We don't have major national activities that we participate in like other countries. Going back to holidays look at Independence Day celebrations, you essentially now have whites and blacks celebrating different holidays. Whites celebrating July 4th and Blacks celebrating Juneteenth (which really annoys me just from a grammar perspective, call it June 19th, but that's for another topic).

A country where its citizens have nothing in common with each other and have no shared traits or cultures is doomed to failure.

You could argue that black Americans have more in common with black Europeans than white Americans. Same with white Americans, more in common with white Australians than black Americans. Hispanic Americans have more in common with Hispanics from various South American countries than they do white Americans.

If we don't have any shared traits, values or cultures then you have a population that will not fight for that country when times get tough. There literally isn't anything to fight for or defend.

I don't like saying it but I do believe the U.S. will end in my lifetime (I'm middle aged). I think we will see the mainland U.S. break up into 5 individual countries with Hawaii becoming an independent country again (or joining an Asian country) and Alaska becoming an independent country again (or joining Canada). It's inevitable at this point. And when people ask why the U.S. will fail I believe it will be this lack of a shared trait that almost everyone in the country shares. It gives people a reason to believe in their country, to love their country, to fight for their country. The U.S. no longer has that and history shows the U.S. in its current form can not stand long term. Election Results are irrelevant to what I see as this long term inevitability.

 

A good example of what I'm talking about from a NYT article:

On the Ballot in Iowa: Fear. Anxiety. Hopelessness.

 

See and in my opinion it’s the opposite. I think a vote for Biden is a vote against Democracy, a vote against the rule of law (we only enforce the rules we want to) and a vote for chaos. A vote for Biden to me makes us more likely to be involved in wars we shouldn’t be in and that alone makes us less secure and more likely to be attacked ourselves.

To be a vote for Biden and the Democrats is a vote for Communism. Democrats want complete one party Government control and to be able to punish or even eliminate their political enemies. They did it under Obama against the Tea Party and are doing it again under Biden against MAGA.

I would like to bring up two other points. First, why is your side so convinced diversity makes us stronger? Diversity of thought yes but diversity just for diversity’s sake? I don’t think diversity makes us weaker (unless you have too many people not invested into the future of the country) but I don’t believe at all that being multi-cultural makes us stronger.

Your side never elaborates how it makes us stronger. I’d like for you to provide some evidence or examples. What is something a Black person has contributed to the U.S. that a White person or an Asian person couldn’t? What is something a Hispanic person has contributed to the U.S. that a Black person or White person couldn’t?

My final point, if being multi-cultural is so great how come it is only White countries being pressured to be more multi-cultural? Why aren’t African countries like Egypt, Morocco or South Africa (black or Muslim dominated countries) being pressured to diversify? Why aren’t South American countries like Brazil, Argentina or Chile (Hispanic dominated countries) being pressured to diversify? Why aren’t Asian countries like China, Japan and South Korea being pressured to diversify? Heck why isn’t Mexico advised they would be so much better diversifying and being more multi-cultural?

If being multi-cultural is so great how come only White countries such as the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe the only ones who are having diversity forced and beaten into them?

And please don’t bring Rush Limbaugh into this. Rush was a great American and honestly was like a genuine father figure to me. I still grieve occasionally for Rush like I would a family member. Still hard to believe he’s gone.

 

And how many countries without core cultures have made it long term? History shows that the countries that have been around for thousands of years are one with a core culture and a shared identity among its citizens.