It’s crazy how much of the American experiment hinged on the hope that people weren’t absolute pieces of shit - ThreadSky

fermiparasocks.bsky.social • 12 hours ago

It’s crazy how much of the American experiment hinged on the hope that people weren’t absolute pieces of shit

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Yeah, I’m still baffled by how easy it is. Who knew you could just sit down and do whatever the fuck you want, without anybody stopping you.

shark-sleeve.bsky.social•12 hours ago

🤷‍♂️

mushbeans.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It's crazy how contagious being an absolute piece of shit has proven to be

toddlambert.com•12 hours ago

That was a mistake, looking now in hindsight.

wearecbgb.bsky.social•11 hours ago

It was a simpler time, old age was 35 or something 🤷🏻‍♀️

envy2024.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It is. There are so many holes in the system.

lamountain.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It was always an honor system which we didn’t realize until we got men with none

unrequitedwhimsy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Well, THAT came back to bite us.

jeffderoshia.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Or at least keeping the pieces of shit out of power. Money became the new goal.

toddadam.bsky.social•12 hours ago

gauv822.bsky.social•12 hours ago

And the hope was errant.

creamcityjw.bsky.social•12 hours ago

it was doomed from eden.

tomofvienna.bsky.social•10 hours ago

... and that they would not vote people into power exactly for BEING pieces of shit.

interstel1ar.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It really needs to be made more robust and resilient after this debacle.

baja-hacker.bsky.social•11 hours ago

To be fair, in the founding Father’s Day Trump would have been dead before 30. Duels of honor were common and the way Trump flings lies and insults around he would have been challenged every day.

shadenightingale.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Enlightenment thinking.

millie29.bsky.social•12 hours ago

I have an Ugandan colleague who offered this perspective, laughing: “you people are lucky, your dictators only last 4yrs. Ours last 30.”

We are experiencing what we’ve inflicted on countless ppl in dozens of countries.

Keep calling reps, resist the urge to polarize, vote, march.❤️

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