i hate being stuck in a country that pardons literal insurrectionists and condemns whistleblowers. even before the magatrumpistan takeover, it was the same shit when edward snowden spoke up
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It tells us that, we live in a country and a world, where evil entitled assholes, drastically outweigh the people doing the right thing.
In a perfect world, Whistleblowers would be praised, Snowden would get a Medal of Freedom and insurrectionists would be jailed or put to death for traitorous crimes of old.
But, reality doesn't agree with that, whistlerblowers are committing suicide, Snowden is permanently in Russia because he'd likely be in prison by the US and insurrectionists are pardoned.
Where and when did we fucking go wrong?
Capitalism is a worldwide problem, but in the USA Citizens United was a significant step. When it happened everyone said that it was only a matter of time before democracy collapsed in the USA and the billionaires had complete power. It seems the predictions were right.
Where and when did we fucking go wrong?
it's a story of corruption, cults, and mind control
https://harvardpolitics.com/in-god-we-trust-how-american-christianity-became-republicanism/
https://newrepublic.com/article/188337/cultural-christianity-taking-conservative-movement
no, religion didn't cause this, but the capacity to believe something to be true just you want it to be true (faith)--and no one's allowed to criticize your "sincerely held religious beliefs"-- 100% allowed this to happen
edit: finally found the quote i was looking for by barry goldwater:
"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.
The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are NOT using their religious clout with WISDOM. I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' and 'D.' Just who do they think they are?... I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/5/19/1385982/-50-Years-Ago-Barry-Goldwater-Saw-the-Future
unfortunately, as of now, that fight is lost
Lack of and/or the dumbing down of education, and a huge dose of propaganda.
Where and when did we fucking go wrong?
we keep voting for the lesser evil because we keep swallowing propaganda like "voting 3rd party is unrealistic" and "we have the best system in the world".
Oh, we earned Trump alright.
Yep, it's why gullible people fall for con artists that play off the truth you are pointing out
Making someone kill themselves is an American go-to for murder. It's on purpose. I think it happens a lot.
Hey, so, just to be clear: days before he “committed suicide”, he specifically and clearly told friends that he was absolutely not in a self-harming mental state, and had no intention whatsoever to self-harm or commit suicide
Which is to say: I absolutely do not believe the official report that his death was a suicide
When we kill CEOs it's domestic terrorism. When they kill us it's suicide.
Even worse, we are statistics. Everyone knows something about that ceo, nobody has a clue what even a hundred of his victims look like or names
Expressed condolences, more like their way of saying "thanks for not taking this very far, buddy". This is disgraceful.
Oh, and Swampy Barnett loved his mama
And he took a lot of pride in his work
He found 300 reasons why a plane couldn't fly
And now he's over his head in the dirt