People weren’t as likely to be categorized in silos or shunned based on their political, social, and religious beliefs as they are today.
In today's world, there are so many silos of beliefs, and ideologies without any interoperability that is diminishing the concept of a nation and a society thereof. It's natural to have differences, but how we accommodate them with forbearance is key for a society to sustain itself. Unfortunately, today's world has gone toxic at so many levels. What you said about America, is not just about America, more or less that's the state of affairs in all liberal democracies.
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