Uniting America

If you Google “Can Biden Unite America?” and read what comes up you’ll be at it for a very long time, as this is a very popular subject.

While it’s clear that Biden is completely sincere in his attempt in this direction, he faces a thorny problem: America doesn’t want to be united. 

Trump supporters do not want to unite around values like environmental  responsibility, compassion, quality education, aggressive pandemic response, acceptance of a so-called “stolen election,” common sense gun laws, the possibility of criminal justice for their leader, and what they incorrectly believe to be socialism.

Democrats do not want to unite around anti-science/intellectualism, evangelical Christianity, racism, the acceptance of political violence, conspiracy theories, and the adoration of the ex-president.

The toothpaste is out of the tube, there isn’t much that Biden, despite his best intentions, can do about that.