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I feel really shitty that we're watching our future generations get outright robbed of living a good life.

gremlinsinc 7y ago
true, but this is from a split moment in time when we have a dictator-wannabe as president, and an out of touch senate. If a democratic president did half the stuff Trump did democrats would be coming at him w/ a pitch fork and lead the impeachment proceedings, but the GOP rather have a corrupt leader because they're all corrupt and that's just how it works in D.C. in their brain. This is why we need senate term limits, hard to get corrupted by D.C. if you only can serve 8 years. New blood will bring change with it. Back to my point of this being a split moment in time, I honestly believe that pain is coming in the way of automation, loss of jobs, water wars, along with that will come out the pitchforks aimed at D.C. if politicians don't start making life better for everyone instead of enriching themselves. So mark my words, times they are achanging, equality will come back or there'll be a French-style revolution or two before it does.
- clarkmoody 7y ago
  You might want to read a little history of the presidents for real examples of dictator-like behavior, from Democrats and Republicans.
  - gremlinsinc 7y ago
    Idealizing Duterte, Kim Jong Un, and the leaders of Russia and Saudia Arabia and creating concentration camps for kids while shitting all over our friendly democratic leaders from UK, France, Canada seems like a good start at becoming a dicator. What makes other presidents more dictatorial, I'd like to know.
    - grayed-down 7y ago
      That's one view through the leftist lens, but at least you ended your comment with an appropriate question.
      - boapnuaput 7y ago
        What is the "leftist lens" here? Salvadorans [0] and Guatemalans [1] want to know why their citizen has died while in USA custody under curious conditions. When USA citizens die under custody of North Korea [2], or when USA citizens die under state actions orchestrated by the USA [3], we are upset and wonder what has happened; is that an inappropriate response here? It is confusing and dismaying that we are not getting a clear insight and understanding into how the USA government is managing its camps on the southern border [4]. [0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-death-a-10-year-old-migrant-girl-died-last-year-in-government-care-officials-acknowledge-exclusive/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-death-a-10-yea... [1] https://thehill.com/latino/444584-guatemalan-teen-dies-in-border-patrol-custody https://thehill.com/latino/444584-guatemalan-teen-dies-in-bo... [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-idUSKCN1C22XM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-i... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Teruggi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Teruggi [4] https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445167-gop-votes-to-strike-democrats-comments-after-she-confronts-acting-dhs-chief-on https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445167-gop-votes-to-strik...

true, but this is from a split moment in time when we have a dictator-wannabe as president, and an out of touch senate. If a democratic president did half the stuff Trump did democrats would be coming at him w/ a pitch fork and lead the impeachment proceedings, but the GOP rather have a corrupt leader because they're all corrupt and that's just how it works in D.C. in their brain. This is why we need senate term limits, hard to get corrupted by D.C. if you only can serve 8 years. New blood will bring change with it. Back to my point of this being a split moment in time, I honestly believe that pain is coming in the way of automation, loss of jobs, water wars, along with that will come out the pitchforks aimed at D.C. if politicians don't start making life better for everyone instead of enriching themselves. So mark my words, times they are achanging, equality will come back or there'll be a French-style revolution or two before it does.

clarkmoody 7y ago
You might want to read a little history of the presidents for real examples of dictator-like behavior, from Democrats and Republicans.
- gremlinsinc 7y ago
  Idealizing Duterte, Kim Jong Un, and the leaders of Russia and Saudia Arabia and creating concentration camps for kids while shitting all over our friendly democratic leaders from UK, France, Canada seems like a good start at becoming a dicator. What makes other presidents more dictatorial, I'd like to know.
  - grayed-down 7y ago
    That's one view through the leftist lens, but at least you ended your comment with an appropriate question.
    - boapnuaput 7y ago
      What is the "leftist lens" here? Salvadorans [0] and Guatemalans [1] want to know why their citizen has died while in USA custody under curious conditions. When USA citizens die under custody of North Korea [2], or when USA citizens die under state actions orchestrated by the USA [3], we are upset and wonder what has happened; is that an inappropriate response here? It is confusing and dismaying that we are not getting a clear insight and understanding into how the USA government is managing its camps on the southern border [4]. [0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-death-a-10-year-old-migrant-girl-died-last-year-in-government-care-officials-acknowledge-exclusive/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-death-a-10-yea... [1] https://thehill.com/latino/444584-guatemalan-teen-dies-in-border-patrol-custody https://thehill.com/latino/444584-guatemalan-teen-dies-in-bo... [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-idUSKCN1C22XM https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-detainee-i... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Teruggi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Teruggi [4] https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445167-gop-votes-to-strike-democrats-comments-after-she-confronts-acting-dhs-chief-on https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445167-gop-votes-to-strik...