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It has to be tough being American:

To be in a country that has everything going for it. A country that has the power to be a world leader. That has a strong and proud history of defending democracy and advancement and see it all hijacked by the right wingers in the name of "Freedom" and "Liberty" while those very things are sold out for political gain and Responsibility and Respect are thrown away.
Thieves on Capitol Hill. Dodgy Used Car Salesmen in the White House. TV and Movies populated by Perverts, Predators and Bigots and a rabid gun toting, bible thumping, semi literate population who are pandered to by appeasers.
No Morals, no ethics and thank goodness, due to the gullibility of the masses and the greed of the few, not too much future.
Will the last intelligent American turn the lights off as he or she leaves and watch the place descend into the Wild West, until they run out of ammo?
SW-User
Nope it's wonderful being American
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
We all made this bed, not just right wingers.. the batshit crazy left sucks on the same cock
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
@whowasthatmaskedman there are no getting in lifeboats.. no one knows the ship is even sinking.. to busy trivializing bullshiting
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
On the contrary. Capitalism is a hierarchical structure that robs the agency of the worker. A paltry sum is paid as wage which is a meager percentage of the profit produced by the blood and sweat of the working classes.

Capitalism hasn't always existed, we are a social species.

Adam Smiths problem is that his view supposed a free market with equal access. This is not something that can happen with capitalism. Mutualism it can be done with.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
See? There is the difference between theory, which is fine, and practice, which allows for human beings. Basil is of course correct about market access. But it does get a little more complicated. Lets just say that government needs to provide the balancing force to keep the playing field level.@basilfawlty89
abe182 · 46-50, M
That reminds me I'm low on 9mm
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
How very "Euro" of you. Not "Man " enough for a .357? 😂@abe182
BlueRain · F
oh I have more powerful lol
abe182 · 46-50, M
@BlueRain @whowasthatmaskedman
3.5 12ga. Enough?
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
It's amazing how many people are dying to get to our shores.
BlueRain · F
I’m proud to be an American!
The hell of it is-- with a few tweeks of your narrative, this is how conservatives felt under Obama. This is how half the country seems to feel every administration. Yet we keep voting for corporate sponsored politicos who trick us into believing we can have everything we want without sacrificing anything or doing anything, and giving us a wink that they're going to fuck the other guy over. The question then is why don't we learn and who is taking advantage of this dysfunction? Trump et al. is just same game.... but... MOAR, MOAR!
@whowasthatmaskedman It could go both ways. Trump is a projection of the electorate. All these Trump shenanigans with tweets and other bullshit is no different than people I deal with every day. The same crassness, self centeredness, and so on. This is why the electorate doesn't have a problem with his conduct. They'd be indicting their own conduct.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Yes.. That was kind of the point of my getting on my soapbox in the first place.@CopperCicada
@whowasthatmaskedman Very nice then. I guess we all need to find something soon. God, sanity, compassion. Just the realization others exist would go far...
It's been awhile since we've had a good president. The decent didn't just start with the current one. And America's down fall are the extremist on both the left and the right!
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@TattooPunch democrats by international standards are center right. You're not radical left if you're not an anarchist or Marxist. Social democrats as in Norway and Sweden are center left at best.
@basilfawlty89 The fact that some people are slow enough to think Democrats in the U.S. are socialists indicates how uneducated they are regarding political ideology in general.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
This is true.. Socialism is the balance to capitalism, not the enemy. Government and social policy run strong Human rights, strong environmental , education and health policies for the good of ALL people. Not just those who can pay today.@bijouxbroussard
LyricalOne · F
It’s damn embarrassing and those jackwagons certainly don’t speak for me.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
I've experienced American life for at least 15 years with understanding, ain't nothing changed
Far901 · 31-35, C
Ofcourse it is difficult...Americans wipe their poopy ass with a tissue...how much more difficult can it get ? 🤣
The Racist Right is flying the plane right now, with Trump in the cockpit, and he’s not even pretending to be even-handed. He’s not even denouncing Roseanne’s racist tweets, after making a big deal about her show being “about us” (although in retrospect, perhaps he’s right, she does represent [b]his[/b] values). The network president apologised because someone they hired made openly racist tweets—Trump wants to know why the network hasn’t apologised to [b]him[/b].
And people are STILL making excuses for both Roseanne [b]and[/b] him.
NorthernRoses · 22-25, F
🤔 I'm good with free healthcare tho
pearllederman · 61-69, F
its tough to be anywheres
oh brother. yaaawwwn
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
Sorry to wake you. Roseanne reruns will be on soon.@willyswonka

 
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