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There is a deep and troubling malaise in the American psyche. The shining city on the hill is instead a place where the poor and ill are left to rot without healthcare or the support of a meaningful minimum wage, the amount of which hasn't been raised in decades. Tent cities for the homeless abound and for many, the only escape route is via the drug dealer.
Vast, inconceivable amounts which could be used to help people are spent on the military and on layer upon layer of overlapping law enforcement organisations, which serve mostly to keep the underclass under control. Add Trump and Maga into the mix it seems the depths to which America can sink are presently without limit.
USA is going down and taking us all down with it.
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
First of all this takes courage to say. Nice. You said greatest country on Earth I think that's propaganda I also think that the shining light on the hills propaganda too but from the eighties. Yeah my people have been discomforted by the federal government for as long as I can remember. Well I personally wouldn't leave anybody to rot if I saw them I would offer some assistance myself. I don't really believe petitioning the government to do stuff I just help people if I see them. I don't know anyone personally using drugs for the malaise that the economy put them in I can't see that but maybe that's not where I'm at. I am Texan and I live in the country so I may not see all of that. You say "It seems the depths to which America can sink are presently without limit." I wouldn't say presently without limit I would say always without limit I don't need to get into like trail of tears that stuff I could just go to Vietnam it was messed up my dad said that when he was the teenager he lived in a small town and then when they did the draft the bus came a bus just came to the courthouse and then all 18 year old boys that got drafted got on and drove away. Six months seven months later they would be back in a casket. I don't know why they stopped the draft but I'm so thankful. Not try to say anything particular just by two cents.
Apologies for such a belated reply, but I’ve only now seen this comment! I think sometimes chat and comment alerts don’t really work on this site?
Anyway….I appreciate you chiming in with your views. This blog entry was written out of frustration with some news coming out of the US on that day. I forget now what it was, since we’re being bombarded with fresh WTF US headlines 24/7 these days. It’s difficult to keep up.
Even though America’s problems are entirely self-inflicted, they also affect everyone around the world to some degree. And I fear the worst is yet to come.
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No worries.🐨 I appreciate that you took the time to reply.
The news is like oh man wow. I understand where you were coming from in your original post. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of troubling news, And it doesn't seem to let up. It's definitely concerning and I can definitely relate to that from within the place where I live which is Texas. There’s a real sense of grief and helplessness, watching things unfold that didn’t have to happen this way or at all. You’re absolutely right that the ripple effects aren’t confined by borders. We’re all impacted, in ways known and unknown, and the uncertainty about what’s next can get heavy.
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I was truly saddened to hear about the recent news about Texas flash flooding. Those poor children as well as adults who perished….I’m so sorry.
The effects of climate change are here, in plain sight. Humanity has painted itself into corner and there is no way out any more. Coupled with all the developing geopolitical tensions, with US being one of the instigators, I believe a disaster of global proportions is inevitable.
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Vicky
Seems like the same kinds of posts I'd make on the original MySpace, except then it was George Bush and the Iraq War.
It seems that we (the USA as a whole) learned nothing from that 8 years. I thought when the ACA was first suggested that we were finally starting to get with it, but apparently not.
Still, I think a breaking point is coming soon, when AI takes away a lot of jobs and millions of people realize the hard way that this country has basically zero safety net. When enough angry people are living in tents, change is going to come, one way or another.
Just a caveat: I’m in the UK and these views reflect my POV as an outside observer. It’s hard to turn a blind eye to what happens to in the US, as it affects us as well, in myriad of ways.
I’m always a little worried I may offend others with posts like this. I’m glad that wasn’t so.
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Vicky
Seems like the same kinds of posts I'd make on the original MySpace, except then it was George Bush and the Iraq War.
It seems that we (the USA as a whole) learned nothing from that 8 years. I thought when the ACA was first suggested that we were finally starting to get with it, but apparently not.
Still, I think a breaking point is coming soon, when AI takes away a lot of jobs and millions of people realize the hard way that this country has basically zero safety net. When enough angry people are living in tents, change is going to come, one way or another.
Shadow5 (21+)
Sad but true.