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As an African American, those 250 years of building was never for us, so while I'm happy that our unjust systems are crumbling under their own weight of stupidity. I wish it was being properly dismantled brick by brick from the left opposed to knocked over by what appears to be two elderly men with clearly anti social sociopathic and toxic masculinity, driving a triangle shaped truck that struggled to drive up a curb. The wall has just fallen on top of the poor, POC, and LGBTQ+ community. And the capitalist are going to just see the heep of bodies and bricks as a new road to drive over.
Similar sentiments here. I'm a trans and PoC immigrant, this country was never for me. I'm glad it's collapsing, I just feel sad for the good people who have to live through it.
Yeah, but even the left or more specifically the Dems are still complicit in the shit show we are seeing now. I really don't want Trump in office under any circumstances, so I'm not saying to vote for him because Dems are shit too. They are definitely a much lesser shitty side.
The main issue is people are greedy. This goes back to the beginning of time. This is why history repeats itself. Just look at Rome and what Julius Caesar did. I feel like that is Trump now.
And then the Senate during that time was the same. Rich goblins leeching on society. This is a fight against the rich and against the people that take way more than what they need. Their bellies are full and yet they keep eating. This is why slavery was a thing and to make themselves feel better they used racism to call people with darker skin color than their own, monsters. People are fucking sick.
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Tbf, it's been in decay since Reagan. Long time coming to get here. Trump was inevitable when we didn't address inequality, lowered taxes on the wealthy, and allowed Citizen's United.
There is far too many "won't" "can't" "it's over" "he'll never leave" and not enough "Let's make him leave" going on if you ask me.
(he's succeeding btw)
This could be the first time he's ever been successful (unless you count bankrupting casinos, and other 'businesses' a success...?)
From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.
Will Durant 1885-1981. American writer, historian, and philosopher.
To quote the Beastie Boys.
It takes a second to wreck it
It takes time to build
And with this fat fascist, there is no chill and we're all fucked.
Lmao. Why do people still think the US in its pre Trump form was this great achievement? There was never anything unique or exceptional about the US. Trump was inevitable specifically because of how flawed the US is and was. The american people has never been interested in participating in democracy, it was always run by frauds and it was just a matter of time until someone figured out how to abuse that situation for something other than the typical shit that corporations have been abusing it for.
Wrong. There was one thing truly exceptional about the USA: the best propaganda the world had ever seen. Certainly the most effective.
It was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.
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And there's no chance of ever getting pre-Trump America back. You guys voted for this. Twice.
Actions have consequences, and you're in the "found out" phase.
"You guys voted for this. Twice."
Why pretend the election was legitimate? It was not. This has been openly admitted.
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What’s lost can’t be restored any time soon. Pretending constitution and democracy can still come back in our life time is just self delusion and waste of everyone’s time.
No shit. So many of us have been saying this for well over a decade
Reminder: the republicans in your life should be ostracized. For starters.
I have not spoken with my father in 6 months. I spent the previous 10 years, since I moved back to my home town, trying to bring him back from the crazy.
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Especially the last hundred years since ww1 and the last 150 since yellowstone became the first national park and started a system greatly expanded and championed by a republican president. Of course the post office is from the dawn of the country and a mark of any real society. Certainly more so than some stupid parading of military crap.
"Trying" lol
It is always easier to destroy than to build, or to protect.
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