Billy000
Democratic Socialist
- Nov 10, 2011
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I am definitely excluding America of old in this. Obviously there are a lot of great things about America and American history is something to be proud of (well mostly).
Today though? Fucking yikes. The Trump era has made this country very embarrassing, but there were still many reasons to be critical of the US before Trump. Obama sure as Hell didn’t have a perfect record. Here’s a list of reasons:
1) Trump himself
2) The skyrocket rise in hate crimes since Trump’s election.
3) Putting children in cages without due process and holding them here apparently indefinitely on the tax payer’s dime
4) Our elected officials bought out by corporate lobbyists (Democrats included)
5) The most mass shootings for a developed country and a congress that won’t do shit about it.
6) Citizen’s United (no one should be forgetting to overturn this abomination)
7) The worst child poverty for a developed nation
8) A horrible healthcare system (ACA or not)
9) The widest income disparity for a 1st world nation
10) A wide denial of climate change. Unbelievably embarrassing.
I know I’ll ge the usual “well, just leave!” In response to this. Even if it mattered what I do, I would rather just fix the problems this country has.
Today though? Fucking yikes. The Trump era has made this country very embarrassing, but there were still many reasons to be critical of the US before Trump. Obama sure as Hell didn’t have a perfect record. Here’s a list of reasons:
1) Trump himself
2) The skyrocket rise in hate crimes since Trump’s election.
3) Putting children in cages without due process and holding them here apparently indefinitely on the tax payer’s dime
4) Our elected officials bought out by corporate lobbyists (Democrats included)
5) The most mass shootings for a developed country and a congress that won’t do shit about it.
6) Citizen’s United (no one should be forgetting to overturn this abomination)
7) The worst child poverty for a developed nation
8) A horrible healthcare system (ACA or not)
9) The widest income disparity for a 1st world nation
10) A wide denial of climate change. Unbelievably embarrassing.
I know I’ll ge the usual “well, just leave!” In response to this. Even if it mattered what I do, I would rather just fix the problems this country has.
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