[kodablah]

> half the country has an ideological resistance to helping each other

> I agree that the vast majority of Americans want those things

I had to double check that this was the same username. You seem to have disagreements with yourself. Which comment is the accurate one in your eyes? Either way, lumping half the country into one harmful ideal, then not apologizing or explicitly admitting you were initially wrong to do this or actually believing it, is not ok.

[perl4ever]

I don't think it was meant to be a reversal, and I don't see it as one.

It's a claim that half the country holds inconsistent beliefs - wanting things for themselves which entail people helping each other, but being ideologically opposed to the mechanism.

You may disagree, or consider it exaggeration, but it doesn't seem to be incoherent as a claim.

[sgift]

Half the country and half the people are not the same thing. Someone told me that the US voting system is designed to make sure more populated regions (e.g. big cities) don't overrule the less populated parts.

[kodablah]

There is no mention of "half the people" and definitely not worth the pedantic differences here on a large generic statement.