FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days agoAmerica’s greatest idea is still under threat. As the United States turns 250 years old, we have work to do.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down12
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkAmerica’s greatest idea is still under threat. As the United States turns 250 years old, we have work to do.www.theverge.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-216 days agoNah. We should just burn it down and start fresh. Cut our losses.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoAs long as we get things like the NCR and the Brotherhood…
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoAnd how are you going to do that without creating an even more repressive system?
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoHow would that more oppressive System Look Like? Masked Thuggs Killing random people? Massive wealth inequality? Horrendiously high medival Bills that amount to no medical Support? Like seriously, what does the us offer its citizens?
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoI’m not saying the US system isn’t terrible. I’m saying that violently destroying it will very likey lead to something worse.
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoYes I know, but i want to know what will become worse, since it is already a failed state.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoSeriously? I suggest a holiday in Afghanistan or Somalia.
minus-squarederAbsender@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoTell that the people that got deported, shot or imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz.
Nah. We should just burn it down and start fresh.
Cut our losses.
As long as we get things like the NCR and the Brotherhood…
And how are you going to do that without creating an even more repressive system?
How would that more oppressive System Look Like?
Masked Thuggs Killing random people?
Massive wealth inequality?
Horrendiously high medival Bills that amount tono medical Support?Like seriously, what does the us offer its citizens?
I’m not saying the US system isn’t terrible. I’m saying that violently destroying it will very likey lead to something worse.
Yes I know, but i want to know what will become worse, since it is already a failed state.
Seriously? I suggest a holiday in Afghanistan or Somalia.
Tell that the people that got deported, shot or imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz.