People have been divided on how our government should be run from day one when President Washington took office. The reason for this is obvious- a large mass of people will never be in total agreement. That's totally logical and there's no problem there. However, political factions are going to be what ruins essential American ideals.
Democrat, Republican. Red, blue. Donkey, elephant. You know what all this is? A bunch of tradition that people get caught up on. It isn't necessarily about what the candidate believes. It's about what people think they have to do based on their "core identity" as either a Democrat or Republican. People seem to have forgotten how to think on their own. Just because the political party they belong to believes something, they feel like the have to adopt that belief as well. Political beliefs are not about conformity to your party. That's just totally backwards. People should develop their own political views by educating themselves on current issues or historical occurrence. Then, once they develop an educated view, they should align themselves with a candidate who is most representative of their personal views- regardless of the candidates political party.
In recent years, there has been an incredible amount of conflict between the Republican and Democratic parties. It seems that year after year the parties set themselves more and more apart by taking opposite positions on things. It's almost as if they take opposite views just to separate themselves from "the other side"- it isn't even about what they truly believe. Again with the mindless belief system nonsense... But anyways, I guess people don't see how potentially harmful it is to keep drawing lines in the sand with your fellow countrymen. We're supposed to be the United States of America, not the States of America Divided Between Republicans and Democrats. We're all just supposed to keep the original American ideals of freedom, individualism, and self-determination at the forefront of our minds. If we can do that, we'll probably have a lot more unified beliefs when it comes to how the country should be governed and who should govern it.
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