its hard to say. was it the neoliberals gutting the wheezing remnants of the new deal and great society? was it wasting the opportunity the end of the cold war represented? was it 8 years of "republican lite" governance by bill clinton? was it the undemocratic turn of the 2000 election? was it the response to 9/11 and the iraq war (part 2, electric boogaloo)? was it 8 years of do-nothing obama? was it 20+ years of doing nothing about climate change? was it the insistance of running a horribly unpopular candidate because it was "her turn?" was it the election of djt? was it the elite's kneecapping of bernie in 2020? was it the utter lack of a response to covid? was it the "everything is fine now" messaging from sleepy joe even though things are decidedly not fine?
its hard to say. was it the neoliberals gutting the wheezing remnants of the new deal and great society? was it wasting the opportunity the end of the cold war represented? was it 8 years of "republican lite" governance by bill clinton? was it the undemocratic turn of the 2000 election? was it the response to 9/11 and the iraq war (part 2, electric boogaloo)? was it 8 years of do-nothing obama? was it 20+ years of doing nothing about climate change? was it the insistance of running a horribly unpopular candidate because it was "her turn?" was it the election of djt? was it the elite's kneecapping of bernie in 2020? was it the utter lack of a response to covid? was it the "everything is fine now" messaging from sleepy joe even though things are decidedly not fine?
and, looking back, i would have to say "yes."
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