Are There Two Irreconcilable Americas?

Dennis Prager posits there there are two irreconcilable Americas, differing completely on their views of what America should be. (He labels them "left" and "right," which is perhaps too simplistic, but makes for simpler writing. I'll leave it to you to decide if it promotes better understanding in a reader.)

Do you agree? (Comments welcomed.)

It's tough to distill it down into simple discussion points, because of systemic factors like:

• the large range of perspectives of the electorate population
• the momentum of consequences of past decisions and previous behavior that carry forward for years
• poor understanding of cause and effect in complex systems like large electorates and even larger economies linked across nations

compounded by sin (greed, lies, injustice, pride).

I could begin to write down the relationships in a series of equations and produce a qualitative system flow diagram, but I can't measure the strength of variables and relationships between factors in the system. That's because I'm part of the system rather than outside of it.

Why am I writing about this? Because men like you need to be leaders. Leaders need to appreciate reality, and help others make increasinly wise decisions over time.