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On a related note I'm 25 and am bitter about how older generations lived through Watergate / Iran-Contra / etc, and not only let everyone involved off the hook,
by benrbray 6y ago
On a related note I'm 25 and am bitter about how older generations lived through Watergate / Iran-Contra / etc, and not only let everyone involved off the hook, but then let them all pull the strings behind the scenes throughout the 2000s and into the Trump era.
- tpmx 6y agoIncluding during the Obama era? That would be a ballsy statement. I might have misunderstood you though - I'm not a native English speaker. (And also, we are drifting off-topic.)
- thatguy0900 6y agoObama continued being a middle east warmonger. He just got a Nobel peace prize for it instead of being vilified
- UnpossibleJim 6y agoDon't confuse politicians with "everyone". To be honest, being an east coast transplant on the west coast, I was shocked that no one remembered Trump during the Clinton era, or when he was pulling real estate cons. Either way, this isn't the place for me to get into politics. I hope that isn't what this forum becomes. P.S. Everyone is bitter about how the "older generation" handled things without the lens of modern values. I'm Gen X and we were angry all the time. EDIT: phone changed east to easy. They are not equal.
- benrbray 6y agoI should clarify that I'm upset that they lived through it but still manage not to let that experience inform their votes today. Hindsight is 20/20, and now they have the benefit of hindsight!
- skinnymuch 6y agoEveryone is like that all the time. Look at how things have been recently. People forget things all the time in politics. Then the same BS continues.