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jessehawken.bsky.social • 11 days ago

This just sounds like America to me, it’s gotten worse recently but it’s not like it used to be a wildly different country

Reposted from Christopher Webb

Are we “Great” yet?

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jessehawken.bsky.social•11 days ago

“When did America become a place where people take joy in human suffering?”
“From the very beginning?”
“…”

canerdiangirl.bsky.social•11 days ago

The result of a nation founded, in part, on Puritanism. it was ugly then and it’s ugly now.

rekmarks.com•11 days ago

Pet theory: everybody fails to reckon with this, but the failure to do it on the establishment US left leads it to promulgate obvious lies that depresses the enthusiasm of their supporters and voter turnout.

el-kristy.bsky.social•11 days ago

I don’t know about joy but certainly, inflicting suffering heedlessly and indifferently.

jessehawken.bsky.social•11 days ago

i think a certain percentage of Americans always felt joy about this stuff but they didn't use to have a megaphone, and they've normalized saying this stuff out loud

el-kristy.bsky.social•11 days ago

All too plausible

jasserole.bsky.social•11 days ago

They're never going to learn until they understand Trump is not an aberration

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