Possible answers for the loss of identity/American conciousness:
1.) Religion: The United States used to be an overwhelmingly Christian country. By this, I dont mean so much that people followed the tenants of the religion but rather a "Christian identity" helped forge a shared worldview.
1950's gobbledeegook.
The reason the world is getting less religious is because humanity is evolving. Less and less of us are not so staggeringly ignorant that we actually turn to some dumb ass book written millennia ago that offers no more proof than a 'leap of faith'.
Humanity is better because of less Christianity...not from lack of that moronic religion.
BTW - ALL major religions are for the weak and/or the ignorant and/or the desperate. Religion is by a mile humanities dumbest major invention.
2.) Race: The United States in 1970 was close to about 90% white. The United States is now about 60% white and in about 20 years whites will be a minority. It goes without saying that Race is central to one's identity.
What an incredibly ignorant thing to say.
Race is NOT central to one's identity. It IS apparently in your little, race-based, 1950's world. But it is not in the real world. People 's identities are almost NOTHING to do with the color of their skin. It is to do with who they are as people.
WHo you are, how you feel about things, what you enjoy to do, what you want to be and how you treat people are to do with your given personality from birth and - usually to a lesser extent - how you were raised/influenced.
It's not 'central'ly due to the amount of melanin in your skin... :roll:
So the central factor of my identity is that I am 'white'? Absolutely, nonsensical garbage. The central factor in my 'identity' is my personality which has almost nothing to do with the amount of melanin in my skin.
It is only galactically short-sighted people like you - who obviously judge people largely on their 'race' - who feel that way.
3.) Language: Today about 1 in 4 Americans do not speak English as a first Language. Language is crucial in establishing a shared venacular which is crucial to social cohesion.
Again, 1950's dinosaur nonsense.
Though I agree it is better if everyone can understand each other.
According to the CIA, only 58.1% of Canadians speak English as their primary language, and I guarantee you that Canadians are no more (if not far less) politically partisan than Americans.
So that throws that idea of yours right out the window.
Without shared Religion, Sprituality, Race, Ethnicity, or even Language will there be much to keep us together as time progresses?
:roll:
People 'keep together' due to common likes/dislikes, basic human decencies and inherent believes about what is good and what is not...not all those other human-created time-passers/wasters.
Humanity is what binds us together...not some nonsensical clubs that we have bound ourselves to.
And, btw, your entire premise of this thread is dead wrong, imo.
Want proof?
Look at the 1952 elections (the first after WW2)...over 64 years ago?
The percentage of Americans who voted for either major party was 99.5%.
It is almost impossible to get more partisan than that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1952
In 2016?
'Only' 94.3% voted for both major parties.
It's not a lot less...but it IS less.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016
And it proves, imo, that America is not more partisan than ever...people just - for some odd reason - think it is.
Have a nice day.