Hi bbotcs, I have always said that the only thing standing between a civilized society and anarchy are the law enforcement employees.
Perhaps.
Personally I think the only thing standing between a civilized society and anarchy is the truth and the ability to reason and compromise. Law enforcement should be a tiny aspect of our society if the vast majority of us are law abiding and reasonable.
In my opinion, our country is splitting apart because 1) our leaders and institutions lie to us - in a way that spawns anger, and too many people believe the lies. The media, starting with Fox News has realized that angry people are viewing people, so now to stay in business, all cable news channels feed that anger on a daily bsis; and
2) the horrific income inequality in this country, thanks to technology/automation and globalization which I personally think is the root cause of all of our problems.
Technology and financial engineering continues to increasingly prevent rural "red state America" from participating in the American dream. Their kids go off to college, get jobs in blue state America, leaving these small towns and their way of life slowly die. Desperate people look for a savior to save them. This go round, they've latched on to Trump as that savior. And of course, blind loyalty to their savior is mandatory, no matter what he says or does.
Chris
