The fruit of a divided society is a lack of common sense. Common means shared. Without shared goals and principles, a population will have increasing difficulties trying to maintain a community. When society becomes divisive and selfish, common sense sinks beneath the surface of personal egotism.
Uncompromising rhetoric and retreating to a safe environme…
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