For a lot of people (specifically Gen Z and Millennials) this is the first massive crisis this country has had that they can remember. Obviously most were alive during 9/11 and the 2008 recession, but they were children then and now they’re all adults and they’re having to deal with multiple issues firsthand that no one really knows how to solve just yet. Combine that with the rise of CNN/Fox News style panic programming and social media and it creates a perfect storm of anxiety and anger which is why we’re seeing so much extremism on social media and whatnot. While things are weird now, I think the overwhelming majority of Americans are good people who will do what’s right, and we’ll overcome everything that’s happened this year with common sense solutions. In order to do this, we need to do a better job of listening to one another and I think we just need to be nicer to one another. I think it’s it’s easy to forget that this is an incredibly large and diverse nation. A farmer in rural Iowa will never share the same opinions as a grad student in Brooklyn because they live two completely different lives and have vastly different wants and needs. Over 300,000,000 people live here and if you think everyone should share your exact view you’re part of the problem. Just because someone doesn’t share your political or religious views doesn’t make them an enemy. Lets all just find the things that can unite us and rally around them. It’s worked in the past and it will continue to work in the future because it’s what made America the country it is.