It hasn’t EVER been ALL in America or probably any other place on earth.  It is always Us Versus Them for the simple fact that without two sides there would be no controversy.  And CLEARLY there is plenty of controversy in today’s America.

I will ALWAYS take exception to people who act irrationally — who want to deny the fact that EVERYBODY is equal — EVERYBODY deserves a job, living wage, health care, housing, transportation, etc.   It is the ONLY reasonable GOAL.  Republicans want it to be about MONEY — they are clearly ONLY about MONEY.  Democrats have plenty of MONEY crazed people as well but at least there are some who want the GOAL — I want the GOAL.

I know plenty of people who don’t think America can AFFORD (their actual word) health care — these people are Republicans.  These people have health care and they think they are ok.  The fact that they are not is irrelevant — they think they are ok.  As more and more people realize they are not OK, they will become part of the Us — until then, they are the Them.

Paul Krugman explained similar issues this weekend in the Times with

Today, Democrats and Republicans live in different universes, both intellectually and morally.

There is no doubt about this.  Democrats and Republicans live in completely different universes — both morally and intellectually.  Consider this example from Beck opposed to social justice. The Republicans will lose because their strategy is an ever diminishing class of privilege.   This approach ALWAYS loses — it is just a matter of time.  Usually, it ends in bloody revolutions and will probably happen that way again.

I don’t want a race to the BOTTOM — I want equality with minimums.   I don’t want EVERYBODY living in poverty.  I want everybody with enough income and means to living a comfortable life so they can pursue  their likes and desires.   I don’t want a few with all the comforts and the vast majority left with crumbs.  Once EVERYBODY has minimums there is plenty left over for ones who want to sacrifice to gain more.

Capitalists claim that only with MONEY people excel.  This is clearly just MYTH.  There are lots of people who pursue careers of great accomplishment with little monetary gain.  They are researchers and intellectuals — they are artists and musicians — they are ordinary people who write software for other people to use without monetary compensation.  They aren’t Republicans because Republicans are ONLY about MONEY and privileging themselves at the expense of the vast majority.

So, as long as there are people who are opposed to the GOAL of everybody being equal with basic minimums, it will always be Us Versus Them.  It will take a long time to get to the GOAL and there will be lots of pain and suffering along the way.  There is no saving America — it is headed for certain destruction.  Destruction is always necessary to rally around a goal.

America is Doomed.