Unity and the Anti-Nationalist

Unity. One word, big problem. It is rumored that this country fails to have enough of it. I hear from certain sources, reliable sources like Fox News and friends, that we are a divisive country and that our next president should do something about it before it gets worse. Some sources say that it's a matter of time until we Americans tear each other to shreds and then some foreign power stomps on the shreds, I hear China has dibs. Some sources say that with all of our bickering and in-fighting we're getting nothing accomplished in this country. Some sources need to shut the hell up and get off the air so that maybe, just maybe, we can have something resembling real journalism in this country. In the meantime let's talk, just you and me now, about the important topic of governmental division. Not the math kind mind you, that's our next topic seeing as the government doesn't seem to understand that a negative minus a negative is still a negative, but the kind where everyone disagrees.

Don't argue with me on this issue either, don't say to me, "But Andrew, not everyone disagrees. There are some things we can all agree on, like immigration reform (with Canada) and the color of the sky (violet) and stuff like that." But no, you will not persuade me we shall simply have to disagree to disagree. But that's not a bad thing. "What?!", I say for you because I can tell that's what you're thinking. I know I know, ever since you were little you were told that you had to get along and nice little things like, looks like Mommy was wrong wasn't she? Disagreement is a good thing. A really good thing. A really, really good thing. I mean, well actually I think you get where I'm going. When we disagree, everyone wins. Why is that you say? Its because then we can create what we founded this country on. Compromise. Its that little thing that happens when two or more extremely unhappy, unsatisfied people get together and come up with some sort of agreement through which they can all be only partially unhappy and semi-satisfied. That's the reason that this nation is the way it is, Congress? created through compromise, What to have in the Capitol Building's Cafeteria? compromise. See it's just that easy.

If compromise is when we come to an agreement, wouldn't it be better if we all agreed automatically? Ignoring the ridiculousity of that last statement, it would be awful if we all agreed all the time. For one thing if we all agreed nothing would change, we would all be perfectly happy with what had already been decided. I'll tell you now that there are nation's that had unity, the Third Reich's Germany for example. Everyone was on that boat. It was headed towards a anti-Semitic, close-minded waterfall. Stalin's Russia, there was a nation with unity, one point-of-view, well maybe two, Stalin's or dead.

See the point now? Unity leads to death. The way I see it the more division, of the idealism and not mathematical kind, the better. If we're all divided up into little bitty parts we are all at least somewhat satisfied, alternatively some are happy others are unhappy. If you still think that pseudo-Nationalistic unity is a good idea, then please follow the media's finger of decision and pick their candidate. When the dust settles and you're believing the same thing as everyone else, don't say that we didn't have this conversation.