The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: America Isn’t Split in Half. It’s Divided Into Four. The country has fragmented into four groups, our writer argues, each informed by a distinct narrative about the nation’s moral identity. Share Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. To understand America, you must first assemble the pieces. In the latest issue of our magazine, my colleague George Packer argues that the country has fragmented into four groups, each informed by a distinct narrative about the nation’s moral identity. These narratives “overlap, morph into one another, attract and repel one another.”