The United States and the growing divide

[Spongebob]

The issue with 'Muricans is that they're not united all the time,. Only when it suits them, to pat themselves on the back.

I would argue it has never been truly united.  The closest ever was during the American Revolution.  After that politics began to split almost immediately.  There has always been multiple Americas, separated by class and race.  Rich Americans don't care about poor Americans.  A large percentage of whites want everyone of color gone.  Indigenous people wish Europeans had never come.  There is no united states; there's a mixture of various groups, all jockeying for power.  Sometimes I think Lincoln should have just let the south go.