Like there’s just no more talk of “the American dream” anymore. It’s never been real but we all know now exactly how much bullshit that is. It’s like the facade has been fully torn away and we’re all tied to this terrible husk of a machine that doesn’t even have the decency to pretend things will get better anymore
I think it was a pretty bad sign when the Columbine school shooting happened and the entire country was just like "oh dang... that's bad right? maybe this is marilyn manson's fault" and did nothing and still does nothing.
Columbine was a turning point, but I'll never forget the day I heard about Sandy Hook. I wasn't in school and didn't have kids or any family of school age, but I remember that feeling in the pit of my stomach that just sat there for two days. I still can't really believe that lawmakers and voters and lobbyists all just looked at those parents and said "So What? We're not doing anything"