# What happens to countries (like the U.S.) with long-term Left/Right polarization?

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**Created:** [March 24, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-countries-like-the-u-s-with-long-term-left-right-polarization/811115 "2018-03-24T13:55:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-countries-like-the-u-s-with-long-term-left-right-polarization/811115/41 "2018-06-04T20:27:10Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Slavery is as old as the hills. The American experience is nothing exceptional.

Are you kidding me? What other countries have had anti-miscegenation laws based on scientific racism?

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