• JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 hours ago

    I was a child, y’all did this.

    I mean, probably not people on Lemmy, but you know what I mean.

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      19 hours ago

      The seeds of this started in the George Bush era and earlier.

      The compliant press that cheer led the Iraq war.

      The formation of an oligarchy that hugely influenced economic policy.

      The attacks on experts, scientists and general modern science.

      The vicious attacks on liberals and anybody else who opposed them.

      The infiltration of far-right Christians into the highest levels of government and the military.

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        18 hours ago

        It was letting Nixon’s resignation be “good enough” and not putting him in prison.

        It was also ending Reconstruction instead of hanging all the Confederate leaders.

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        16 hours ago

        I’d say this has its roots in the Thatcher/Reagan era. That’s where the U.K. and USAs economic problems really started.