@Jess It feels like the pieces on the gameboard are all over the place.
I can see the cultural Balkanization of the USA continuing apace over the next few years.
@stuartblair She's very much "yeah Russia" lol gurl you're an American. I'll be reminding her of that before we ultimately remove each other.
@Jess I had a childhood friend back in Scotland. He got very right-wing the last decade. It made it hard to have natural conversations, since pretty much everything about who should get what and why is a conversation in politics.
He died last year at only 53. Sometimes I tell myself that I should feel something that he's gone, but I'm slightly ashamed that I don't miss him.
It's not even as though I have a big social circle, but quality over quantity seems to work for me.