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Americans can afford food. We are nowhere close to 19th century french peasant levels of problems. Imagine throwing 300 years of democracy and tradition out th
by jorblumesea 1y ago
Americans can afford food. We are nowhere close to 19th century french peasant levels of problems.
Imagine throwing 300 years of democracy and tradition out the window because food prices went up 30%. It went up all over the world but America is the only place that is actively throwing bricks through our own windows.
reads more like a childish temper tantrum than any coherent political move.
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- geodel 1y agoI think poet Maya Angelou got this right with: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Seems like lot of voters weren't feeling good in previous administration.
- chneu 1y agoNewt Gingrich dropped the famous "feels over reals" line on CNN. "You have your facts on the left and we have our facts on the right" is basically what he said. Along with "If people feel one way then that's real." He isn't wrong, but he openly admitted to manipulating people to get them to feel certain ways. https://youtu.be/xnhJWusyj4I https://youtu.be/xnhJWusyj4I
- anigbrowl 1y agoQuite so. The country's current travails are the product of a decades-long effort: https://users.wfu.edu/zulick/454/gopac.html https://users.wfu.edu/zulick/454/gopac.html