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[โ€“] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

The facts are it's an oligopoly which is rapidly moving towards pairing this with totalitarianism. Propaganda is so pronounced today that finding actual news is a chore, and if shared it's labeled as "fake news". A study was recently published demonstrating political moves are made without any care for how it impacts the masses. It's tough to see the decline happen in real time while most deny it's occurrence. Most are too focused on owning others in the working class with alternative ideals.

But in the U.S., the natural beauty is phenomenal. Yet it's being traded to allow conglomerates to squeeze more profit out of dwindling resources. If something doesn't change the course soon, this answer potentially could land me in prison in the near future. Which is counter to what the country was supposedly established to prevent. It's rough in many aspects, yet not entirely hopeless, at least as of this moment.

[โ€“] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

I like your America, you Americas are so unlike your America.

[โ€“] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

God bless the United States of America

[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

I hate it despite realizing what a good life I have because I was born here with a lucky set of circumstances (cis white male). But I love parts of it, like the Bay Area and Oakland and all the surrounding hiking spots. If we didnโ€™t share it with lunatics Iโ€™d feel a lot better about it from a policy perspective.

[โ€“] johnyma22@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Best part of Gondwana

[โ€“] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I consider myself an Oregonian first and American second. Most of the country I can absolutely do without.

Oregon though...

https://youtu.be/doVV1a7XgyQ

https://youtu.be/KIC-XmyEfhI

https://youtu.be/qi4fGPPPmGA

[โ€“] aaaa@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I could do without most of Oregon too

[โ€“] terminally_offline@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Non-American here. You all keep making up the vilest "jokes" about French people. The sheer level of ignorance and disrespect deserves nothing but contempt and derision. And that's what you'll get from me and most of Europe.

Better learn to cope ๐Ÿ˜’.

[โ€“] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

I wouldn't willingly live anyplace else.

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No, but I like it more than China and Russia.

America is addicted to money however, and has a warped idea that working hard is somehow what life is about. But it's still not close to fascism and there is some accountability still.

[โ€“] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Idk the Republicans seem to really want fascism.

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