literally any talk about making anything “great again” is infantile mewing. it was never great it was just that you didn’t understand it. except in the case of Bluesky which was totally cool
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homeslice i dont even live in america and i'm not talking about computer data laws
i'm talking about citizens of EU states insisting "we need to return to the dictatorship and retain our national identity" which would banish their homeland to poverty
I never watched The West Wing, but there's a gorgeous scene with some sort of town hall meeting where one of the clearer thinkers explains why America is NOT the greatest nation on Earth, and that always felt to me a better demonstration of patriotism that all the other attempts.
Both shows were created by Aaron Sorkin, which is why they have a similar aesthetic. I'm sure there is some minor overlap with casting choices, but I can't recall off the top of my head.
Twitter was amazing at its beginning. Did you know that it was there that movements such as #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatters, #ArabSpring, and BringBackOurGirls, were born?
I've been there since 2009! Twitter was useful and people on it did a lot of good. it also enabled a lot of harassment. things can be used for good things and bad things.
I think it's because on bluesky (speaking personally here) we don't target each other by what gender, pronouns, ethnicity or what we like to drink (more often so) here. Ironically? Diversity is our strength. Something the right just doesn't understand.
We're actually curious as to what makes us all great. Something the right will claim "causes more division," but what would you know? It actually brings us closer together when we examine our backgrounds and where we come from.
We read our bios. We correct ourselves when we get things wrong.
It was great when the top marginal income tax rate was 94%. It was great when you had to join a union to work a union job. It was great when the corporate income tax rate was 50%.
Nostalgia for a "better pastoften comes from misunderstanding its reality. Claiming something was "great" usually ignores" the complexities, flaws, and struggles of that time. It's easier to romanticize the past than to face the present's challenges or imagine a better, more nuanced future. 😕
@hankgreen.bsky.social recently had a great video talking about the rich history of solutions humans have come up with, and how ALL solutions breed new problems.
Like you said, people pointing at an Nth gen problem and being like "we didn't use to have that back in the day!" are missing the point.
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"look at america burning" gets consistent clicks inside and outside the states. USA is famous for exporting culture, well, there's the culture
They have great data protection laws, and they are the ones pushing the right to repair.
I could go on, but something tells me you don't care.
because i have met an alarming amount, and this continent is every bit engaged in a transition to hyperregressive idiocy as any in the world
read about italy lately?
i'm talking about citizens of EU states insisting "we need to return to the dictatorship and retain our national identity" which would banish their homeland to poverty
but please, go off, you clearly know me
The ones pointed out are those I know due to a foreigner being interested in the EU
1. The American Education System: class size, materials, teachers, curriculum; (not equity)
2. Access to quality food: fresh and unprocessed
3. Quality, affordable housing
4. Having a local doctor who knew and cared about you personally
5. Wealth gap size
- overheard at burning man 20XX
Google, for example.
Twitter was amazing at its beginning. Did you know that it was there that movements such as #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatters, #ArabSpring, and BringBackOurGirls, were born?
https://poets.org/poem/let-america-be-america-again
We made things great bc we ALL did it.
We read our bios. We correct ourselves when we get things wrong.
https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?si=K3a5Dy0EIlF6yi2E
Like you said, people pointing at an Nth gen problem and being like "we didn't use to have that back in the day!" are missing the point.