Mine started in 1966 so I may have possibly had a (very) few moments when that was not the case. My lefty parents gave me the absurd idea that things were getting better, with more progress to come, but the advent of Reagan definitely put the kabash on that idea.
Born about 20 years before you. Yeah, I can see your point. I apologize for that one shithead, Nixon, whose pardon by Ford, gave subsequent Republicans an out for their fascist plans.
I think, in some ways, all of this can be traced back to the Checkers Speech in '52. Faced with credible allegations of malfeasance, Nixon quite literally went on TV and said "Look! I have a puppy!" And it all went away. And here we are 75 g-damn years later dealing with variations on that theme.
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George Clooney claims it was way worse in the 60s….
The problem is that there exist positions of great power.
It does not have to be this way.
There is hope, but beware