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mtngirl47

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32. And it's the people we know, our relatives, our co-workers, our neighbors.

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Thu Dec 19, 2024, 01:32 PM

Dec 2024

Every day since the election I have prayed that my mother will live to see what her willful ignorance has wrought. She needs to watch her children lose their social security and medicare. She'll need to take out a reverse mortgage when Musk cuts her civil service pension from the budget.

She needs to watch while her grandchildren struggle to keep jobs and move back in with their parents. Maybe she'll have to take in boarders at the age of 88. Hoping that Musk doesn't cut her health care too soon so she can live to see my brother lose his Veteran's health benefits.

Sorry if you think that is cruel--but the woman that raised me is not the same woman that has voted for the sick fuck 3 times--she let herself be brainwashed by fox and their fucking friends. All of us will be suffering....she needs to live long enough to join us all.

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I have no faith in America or our citizens [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Dec 2024 OP

This is a great read. I hope many more of us will see this and pass it on. OLDMDDEM Dec 2024 #1

Agreed DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #33

Well, Germany did a turnaround. More recently, Syria. wnylib Dec 2024 #60

I think they have so much money that they are immune to hardship. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #70

Go to Protest March in DC or your State Jan 18th TigressDem Dec 2024 #68

You and me both!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2024 #2

the economy exists to feed people, not the other way around. n/t rampartd Dec 2024 #3

I lost faith in our fellow citizens in 1984 when Reagan was reelected. love_katz Dec 2024 #4

You are correct... orwell Dec 2024 #39

Excellent reply. love_katz Dec 2024 #75

Jerry Mander..... Codifer Dec 2024 #41

His real name: cbabe Dec 2024 #79

Great book. It also discusses how the technology of tv brainwashes and addicts viewers. Way ahead of its time. cbabe Dec 2024 #78

It really opened my eyes. love_katz Dec 2024 #80

Mander was an advertising exec who turned against the corporate cbabe Dec 2024 #82

And the riff-raff who support them... lame54 Dec 2024 #5

The source of all the worlds problems.. Macrophylla Dec 2024 #6

No one wants to talk about the 8 billion pound elephant in the room, CrispyQ Dec 2024 #35

True johnnyfins Dec 2024 #53

Excellent analysis. I agree. LoisB Dec 2024 #7

I sadly agree with all of your points, but will add this. bluesbassman Dec 2024 #8

Well said. A phrase which keeps rattling through my head is The Great Unraveling. May it be avoided. c-rational Dec 2024 #9

Yea agree here. We definitely have a new bread of cats in our great country. bluestarone Dec 2024 #10

Three things: racism, racism, and racism (and misogyny times three) Hateful bastards are such ingrates. usonian Dec 2024 #11

You forget to add: "misogyny, misogyny, misogyny" to your "racism, racism, racism." hlthe2b Dec 2024 #25

You got it, but to be "fair" to all their many (count them 2025) fatal flaws, it would be a very long list. usonian Dec 2024 #26

"It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority." Lord Acton Ping Tung Dec 2024 #12

They are nazis. Basso8vb Dec 2024 #13

All the progress of the 20th century is being wiped out. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #14

Idiocracy came early orangecrush Dec 2024 #15

Very well said. Full agreement here. RockRaven Dec 2024 #16

I feel that way 4catsmom Dec 2024 #17

The vast majority of Trump voters are fools if they think they won't be directly affected. Martin Eden Dec 2024 #18

Sad but true. calimary Dec 2024 #19

I feel pretty confident we'd come out of it, much like Germany did, if we had the time. CrispyQ Dec 2024 #95

What they all said. Thanks. twodogsbarking Dec 2024 #20

Well this is DU where we mainly complain about scapegoats TomCADem Dec 2024 #21

I think we all know that mountain grammy Dec 2024 #43

Why Can't MAGA Stay In Their RW Bubble, Blame The Media, Vote, and Call It A Day? TomCADem Dec 2024 #91

Your point is valid. However....But...😎 it is awful hard to turn on the light after seeing the unbelievable walkingman Dec 2024 #62

Excellent summation. love_katz Dec 2024 #86

Kick and recommend bronxiteforever Dec 2024 #22

I finally got there, to the place of Sommerfeld, with Germany. NNadir Dec 2024 #23

Very well put get the red out Dec 2024 #24

But, but Speaker Musk will make it all better... rubbersole Dec 2024 #27

Don't you mean Dear Leader Musk misanthrope Dec 2024 #67

I was quoting my queen - mtg rubbersole Dec 2024 #88

Keep the faith brother. I respectfully disagree about all the progress we were making under President Obama being lost. William769 Dec 2024 #28

What do you mean by "Last two generations"? maxsolomon Dec 2024 #47

I mixed up the generations, I apologize for that. William769 Dec 2024 #50

There's good and bad in every generation. returnee Dec 2024 #64

I am sad to agree with every word. yardwork Dec 2024 #29

Eloquent. Frank D. Lincoln Dec 2024 #30

Agreed. anciano Dec 2024 #31

And it's the people we know, our relatives, our co-workers, our neighbors. mtngirl47 Dec 2024 #32

mtngirl47............ Upthevibe Dec 2024 #40

She won't see her children lose SS or Medicare, or lose her pension. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #49

Had none kairos12 Dec 2024 #34

THE USA has been exporting this since the 50's IbogaProject Dec 2024 #36

The greedy and corrupt have taken over power. An indifferent society have allowed GoodRaisin Dec 2024 #37

I haven't lost faith in our idealisms, e.g. life, liberty, and justice. Festivito Dec 2024 #38

"Christian" nationalism Nigrum Cattus Dec 2024 #42

MAGA voters didn't "fall" for anything. SidneyR Dec 2024 #44

No doubt this election sucked Tweedy Dec 2024 #45

+1, I'll gain more faith if dems get a better amplifying network. No way these many people didn't understand how tariffs uponit7771 Dec 2024 #51

We need to be that amplification network too Tweedy Dec 2024 #56

As you said very accurately, Alice Kramden Dec 2024 #54

The Movie Wall Street comes to mind with the phrase Greed is Good Beringia Dec 2024 #46

Well said, and you're absolutely right wendyb-NC Dec 2024 #48

It's Faux pas Dec 2024 #52

"an American public that seems indifferent or asleep" Alice Kramden Dec 2024 #55

Excellent - couldn't say it better. walkingman Dec 2024 #57

I And Mine Are Healthier Happier People Because We Reject Faith And Believe In Nothing Instead We Examine Evidence MayReasonRule Dec 2024 #58

Mega-dittos...... SergeStorms Dec 2024 #59

"...but I believed the majority of people were caring and compassionate." 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #61

It's called 'capitalism' and we need to regulate the shit out of it immediately. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #63

Abraham Lincoln predicted... elliesmandt Dec 2024 #65

Co-signed Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #66

Please post this to Substack and Bluesky Jit423 Dec 2024 #69

To (mis)quote from a few movies: Aussie105 Dec 2024 #71

Well put. I agree. KR (NT). Pototan Dec 2024 #72

This country is dying VanceFan Dec 2024 #73

Preach! bagimin Dec 2024 #74

Agreed, except I now believe that it wasn't indifference or people sleeping. ecstatic Dec 2024 #76

Mad Max World Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #77

I've often wondered what the end point is for fascists after they cbabe Dec 2024 #83

They will either retreat to their underground bunkers or their space domiciles. What a sad Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #84

Bunkers? You think we can't climb a fence? cbabe Dec 2024 #85

End times dominionism Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2024 #90

Yes. Like I said: insane. Doing evil thinking they will magically whip up good. cbabe Dec 2024 #96

kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2024 #81

Me either, I expect to be dead within a year YoshidaYui Dec 2024 #87

My son looked at me and said mountain grammy Dec 2024 #89

Erosion? Roy Rolling Dec 2024 #92

I blame Reagan for starting this descent. no_hypocrisy Dec 2024 #93

General Discussion rondawson Dec 2024 #94

I am no PollyAnna Erda Dec 2024 #97

American ineptitude cyclezealot1 Dec 2024 #98