text:  Well, I don't know how far we can take this metaphor, really. But I think, you know, if you look at polarization in the United States, there's of course nothing new. I mean, I remember in 2016 when Trump was elected, I was reporting in California and there was a lot of angst in that state, which is often very liberal. But some of the older people there said to me, look, this is nothing new. I remember when Ronald Reagan got elected in 1980, you know, people saying they were going to leave the country.