FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoAmerica’s greatest idea is still under threat. As the United States turns 250 years old, we have work to do.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkAmerica’s greatest idea is still under threat. As the United States turns 250 years old, we have work to do.www.theverge.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·18 hours agoAnd how are you going to do that without creating an even more repressive system?
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoHow would that more oppressive System Look Like? Masked Thuggs Killing random people? Massive wealth inequality? Horrendiously high medival Bills that amount to no medical Support? Like seriously, what does the us offer its citizens?
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoI’m not saying the US system isn’t terrible. I’m saying that violently destroying it will very likey lead to something worse.
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoYes I know, but i want to know what will become worse, since it is already a failed state.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoSeriously? I suggest a holiday in Afghanistan or Somalia.
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoTell that the people that got deported, shot or imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz.
And how are you going to do that without creating an even more repressive system?
How would that more oppressive System Look Like?
Masked Thuggs Killing random people?
Massive wealth inequality?
Horrendiously high medival Bills that amount tono medical Support?Like seriously, what does the us offer its citizens?
I’m not saying the US system isn’t terrible. I’m saying that violently destroying it will very likey lead to something worse.
Yes I know, but i want to know what will become worse, since it is already a failed state.
Seriously? I suggest a holiday in Afghanistan or Somalia.
Tell that the people that got deported, shot or imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz.