various assassinations, the brink of nuclear apocalypse, an unpopular political war away from home that caused a social movement, and political espionage.
It’s like we’re cursed.
It’s like we built on top of a haunted Native American burial ground or something
EXACTLY
You can only drop something so many times before it actually breaks, and we never really fixed the cracks caused by the civil war.
Reconstruction ended early after Johnson took office and as a result we didn’t end segregation in the south until a century after the war ended.
There are people alive now who still remember segregation and some of them liked it that way. And now they’re empowered, both metaphorically and literally, thanks to the gerontocracy we’ve created.
We’re going to tear ourselves apart trying to undo 60 years of progress over the next 4 years.
I feel like if we pull through this as an intact nation it’s not going to be recognizable as the nation we grew up in until long after we’re all gone. It’s going to take generations to clean up this mess.Agree 100%.
Although I don’t just blame the old people, a lot of them were hippies.
We’re still the same divided country we were in the civil war, racists and oligarchs vs people of better character.
Trump has, even at this early point, permanently changed the political realities of this country. He will be remembered for elevating the presidency to the point where the rule of law no longer applies.
a lot of them were hippies.
A lot of them were hippies that became selfish assholes. People change. Especially when there are propaganda networks working to change them.
We’re still the same divided country we were in the civil war
Except now every stupid, racist asshole has the ability to spread their message to millions of people.
Likely less than 1% of boomers were hippies. They call it “counter culture” for a reason.
What most people would consider “hippies” consisted of a pretty small group of people mostly living in California.
A larger and much less genuine movement came later when John Lennon decided to appropriate hippy fashion. But that’s all it was (fashion).
People who truly held core values like “peace, free love and compassion” were absolutely not the majority but they were loud and colorful and now we remember that period of time as being overrun with hippies.
Don’t say you agree 100% and then say although.
feel free to delude yourself, don’t try to dilude other people.
“Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception” - Carl Sagan
While it’s true that the US survived all of those challenges of the past and had a pretty good run after WWII… was that just the coin toss coming up heads 10x in a row?
Yeah, but not every empire survives these things. Or survives and remains recognizable.
The U.S. has also never experienced a felon rapist traitor in the Oval Office with an entire party abdicating their responsibilities and conceding their power to that felon rapist traitor and protecting him from repercussions at every opportunity.
Reality check. We have a literal traitor in the Oval Office backed by a treasonous party.
Shit’s not looking good.
Shit is not looking good
Just like every other country
Helpful to know that the country was markedly different before and after each of these events. Think of things before and after WWII, for instance. We will experience similar over the next 20 - 40 years.
It got better right? Right?! RIGHT?!
Yeah, and Anakin just played with the kids for half an hour before ushering them to safety.
OP, read up on the fall of Rome and how it all went down. It’s pretty likely we will see the fall of America in our lifetime.
I just hope they don’t bring the world down in their own demise
Capitalism. All caused by capitalism.
It’s also already gone through everything happening right now.
I don’t see that as cursed, but rather that humanity is so resilient no matter the size of the evil, humanity always endures. And it’s not just the US, but pretty much any population in any region going back to thousands of years. The God that helps survive all this evil is called Oneness (cooperation & empathy). And that we are the product of strong ancestors.
PS: we’ll be alright.
The God that helps survive all this evil is called Oneness (cooperation & empathy).
Capitalism, the relentless pursuit of profits, combined with modern fuel and machinery, is undermining that Oneness at unprecedented rates. If it is allowed to destroy the ecosystem, maybe a handful of human survivors can suffer a long period of healing and restoration through Oneness - but billions will die most unpleasantly in the meantime.
If you think that’s a reason not to worry, then I’m worried.
Fuck America. Sincerely, Canada.
