And america failed.

I know so many people who are still throwing baby showers, traveling for leisure, and carrying on as usual. and these are generic libs in a lib city. Chatting at restaurants with masks off, putting their mouths all over dishes that some server has to carry, and a dishwasher has to clean.

On an interpersonal, economic, and governmental level, we are a failed state.

  • Circra [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I remember, way back in the early stages when Italy was getting absolutely pummeled wondering how the US would cope. Shortly after, wearing or not wearing a mask became politically charged in that weird theatre the dems and republicans put on and I knew they were fucked.

      • qublic69 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Should be something that everyone agrees on and yet it’s just another partisan battleground.

        This is true about so many issues: abortion, racism, LGBT rights.
        The point of making it political is to divide and disorganize the population, such that they are more exploitable.

        And by making the Republican party so terrible, people feel like they have no choice but to vote for the lesser evil, instead of empowering a third party.
        The most important part of this two party system is maintaining it via propaganda and gerrymandering such that the Republicans keep about 50% of the vote, perfectly balanced.

    • KingRalphus [they/them,undecided]
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      4 years ago

      Everything is a culture war now. Us vs them politics means you can create a loyal voter base and keep winning elections, and therefore keep making money. It also means that you can plow through stuff like a pandemic, because doing stuff that would harm the economy is what The Bad People want.

      • Circra [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I swear to god, if you told Americans that there was a republican and a democrat testicle, a significant percentage of the US population with testicles would cut a nut off.

        • uwu [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          I'd cut both off, but I was already planning to do that, so...

        • HKBFG [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Would you keep your right nut if you knew it was a republican?