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More division among American (wo)men is on the way as Neither side ever wastes a crisis.. Mark my words, it ain't over yet.
and never will be - it is part of life and always has been.
Basic survival drive - whenever someone feels threatened, whether real or imaginary, they will fight - then others, including people like politicians and the media will jump on the bandwagon to make a buck out of it.
Stop shootings? Take away the guns .... then they will knife people, but that is so much more personal and fewer people have the guts for it.
That's why we are seeing more vehicles used as weapons and just an illustration of how you will never stop it - they will always find a way.
On a different tack - but also I suspect driven by self interest - is the whole Brexit farce - the uncertainty caused by the whole government approach has benefited the well off with shares in the stock market, has helped the government meet targets and has caused the cost of living to escalate - deepening the division between the few and the many.
Much play was made on the savings to come from leaving the EU and how this would benefit our NHS - looking at government figures of how our taxes are spent - 0.7% goes to the EU but 45% goes on the NHS & welfare and another 16% pays for government borrowing. I wonder how impressed people would have been with the prospect of such a tiny change in home funding had they been told the facts before the referendum.
I have a cynical view that after the negotiations are finished they will say Oh dear it is a bad idea to leave the EU and then they will cash in on the investments, take a healthy profit and the markets will dive.
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