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Maybe the USA is now worse than Communist Russia. Maybe so. But it sure would be nice to for once read a comment section that focus on other interesting aspect
by sliverstorm 12y ago
Maybe the USA is now worse than Communist Russia. Maybe so.
But it sure would be nice to for once read a comment section that focus on other interesting aspects, instead of proclaiming for the millionth time that the USA is now a totalitarian dictatorship dystopia, how the rule of law is gone, and how the little guy has been forgotten.
I'm not saying those are unimportant questions, but if I had a nickel for every time one of those same comments was repeated on these types of articles, I would own several islands in the Bahamas.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoWhen you're held at gunpoint, the inner workings of AK-47 don't interest you much. Regardless of how well you understand them, won't save you from bullets.
- sliverstorm 12y agoYes, but I might wonder why am I being held at gunpoint? How might I avoid being held at gunpoint in the future? Can I somehow talk him down or coerce or placate him? Instead of simply muttering bitter things about how the world has gone to sh*t.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoIt's you because everyone is held at gunpoint. I'm afraid you can't avoid this, but you can evade being at gunpoint by keeping low profile, downshifting and stuff. This of course is only temporary Unfortunately, you can't fix this situation unless democracy work again, and it won't until we figure out how to do it in the world that became a thousand times more complex.
- jsprogrammer 12y agoWhat do you expect when people are raised on dystopian literature? Of course they will be more likely to draw comparisons to what they are familiar with.