I wrote this on FB regarding an article bout the urban/rural divide of the electorate.
it's an FYI-i thought you might enjoy.
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there is much that divides us. I like to think of the Tao symbol ; the yin and yang. The yin cannot exist without yang, and vice versa -and the 2 UNITED make the Whole.
. So when the yin and yang are in balance ( Chinese would say in 'harmony') the Whole is vibrant/expansive and maximizing it;s potential
..we also express this in the USA by the term E Pluribus Unum literally " out of many- one" So when we are united as a people we have the same attribute as a hamonious yin/yang..
we still exist when we are not in harmony ( and brother i've never seen us so much NOT in harmony in my 50+ years of following politics) but we are not in balance, and not reaching our potential expanse.
Some inbalance in nature is expected, but not this hard fracture the article exposes. It weakens us a United States when we are in disunion.