More Than 80% of Americans Think of Country as Dysfunctional Family About to Split Apart

“Daddy, why is mommy bleeding?”

“She had it coming, honey. She just wouldn’t shut her trap.”

New York Post:

A new poll shows that most Americans characterize ​the US as a dysfunctional family on the verge of splitting apart — a sentiment widely held among members of rival political parties. ​

The Fox News poll​ asked voters about efforts to unify the country before President Biden’s State of the Union address next Tuesday and found that 81% of Americans describe the US as a dysfunctional family, an increase of 10 percentage points from 2020. ​

Only 16% say America is a tight-knit family. ​​

Eighty-six percent of Republicans and independents see the US as a dysfunctional family, as do 74% of Democrats. ​

The survey released Wednesday also shows that ​most Americans – 80% – rate the economy as either “only fair” or “poor,” and 73% are “not very” or “not at all” satisfied with the way things are going in the country​.

More than half of Democrats – 55% – and 86% of Republicans say they are dissatisfied with the direction of the country.

Asked about their financial affairs, 47% ​of Americans ​say they are “holding steady” while 44% say they are “falling behind” – only 8% say they are “getting ahead.”

And 74% of Americans believe the US will have a recession this year, compared to 20% who disagree. ​​

But 86% say they are concerned about inflation, 80% fret over high-crime rates, 78% worry about the political divisions, and 76% ​agonize over opioid addictions.

It’s a good analogy.

This has become non-feasible.

Either we split the country, or one side is going to end up dominating and ruling over the other side.

The problem is: our side has no desire to dominate the other side.

It’s a quandary.