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Scrivener7

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4. I hate to even think this, but my opinion is no. Because this has to become

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 09:13 PM

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absolutely painful and and bankrupting and heartbreaking for a large swath of the country if we are going to come out the other side with the national will to prevent it from ever happening again.

As you say, maybe things are worse because he lost in 2020. To which I say, sadly, that is probably necessary for any rising from the ashes in the long run.

The problem is, I think it's a razor's edge of whether we do rise from the ashes or we do not.

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During the past year I have often wondered whether we've been better off [View all] question everything Jan 4 OP

We'd be in his third term now, so, probably not. We could have gotten nuked as well by now. No way to know Blues Heron Jan 4 #1

I've considered that. bucolic_frolic Jan 4 #2

An interesting thought experiment, albeit a painful one. yellow dahlia Jan 4 #3

I hate to even think this, but my opinion is no. Because this has to become Scrivener7 Jan 4 #4

8 years of mind-boggling stupidity vs. 4 years of mind-boggling stupidity AND 4 years of devastating cruelty dalton99a Jan 4 #5

Well, better yet, maybe we should have skipped that revolutionary War thingy and just stuck with England yaesu Jan 4 #6

Or already engaged in WWIII rather than on the cusp. nt PufPuf23 Jan 4 #7