We Have a Relationship Problem, not a Political Problem in America

Until We Fix It, Politics and Government Will Not Get Better

I think, by now, my own bias is very well known and, of course, I voted for Kamala Harris. I am devastated that she lost, obviously. I will leave it to the pundits to dissect why, who when and how. There are many political and national issues that may have driven the result today. But I actually don’t think any of those political or campaign reasons are the overriding reason for Harris’ loss. I think it is a very different problem that started nearly ten years ago, more dramatically. Or perhaps has always been here, to some degree, but it is not a political reason.

We have an American problem: We have stopped talking to each other and we are not listening to each other, quite literally, at all. We all sit in a bubble.

Love, hate and fear are all powerful emotions. When solidarity against one another becomes the jet fuel for those emotions …