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I know a lot of countries are divided between progressives/left and conservatives/right. Both sides have its own subdivisions but in general there is this big division between these two large opposite groups.
People say that some countries clearly have one premoninant ideology (let's say that "predominant" is more than 3/4 in this case), for example Russian population is supposedly conservative in a large majority, while the Swedish are a lot more progressives than conservatives. I don't know if that is really true.
On the other hand, countries like USA or Brazil can be considered extremely divided, with around 50% of the population having one point of view about some subjects and 50% having another.
You can easily live in a progressive bubble or in a conservative bubble in these societies but knowing that at the same time half of the population disagrees with you. While in the less dividied countries you are either in a vast majority or in a small minority.
What do you think? How is this situation in your country?
Wrong about the "divided" characterization of the USA.
It has been nearly a century since a liberal (Robert La Follette) has been a credible candidate for public office in the USA. Although Franklin D. Roosevelt succeeded in bringing about some liberal policy. Otherwise, the USA has been the most stagnantly and singled-mindedly free-market capitalist country on earth, without even a viable media representation by a voice opposed to that ideology. North Korea has more vocal opposition than the USA, to its entrenched ideology.
China and Taiwan are an obvious choice. China-Hong Kong. And China-Macau as a lesser choice. I say those because most people living in all those places accept the “One China, Two Systems” policy. All are similar cultures, but maintain fairly different religions, governments, passports, currencies, and other political beliefs.
Indonesia. Huge differences between the Christian and Muslim majority areas.
The UK: Scotland, England, and to a lesser extend Northern Ireland have some significant political differences. Scots tended to be more pro EU then English, and often by large percentages.
Wrong about the "divided" characterization of the USA.
It has been nearly a century since a liberal (Robert La Follette) has been a credible candidate for public office in the USA. Although Franklin D. Roosevelt succeeded in bringing about some liberal policy. Otherwise, the USA has been the most stagnantly and singled-mindedly free-market capitalist country on earth, without even a viable media representation by a voice opposed to that ideology. North Korea has more vocal opposition than the USA, to its entrenched ideology.
It's not about the candidates but the population and on that note, the US is very divided.
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