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nyc_data_geek | 4 months ago

The grownups have left the building, and the brats have guns.

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consumer451|4 months ago

You thought politicians were bad? We gave TV personalities the nuclear codes! But hey, woke is dead!?

Actual photo of the historic East Wing of the White House today: https://i.redd.it/vchtk38rijwf1.jpeg

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I once got scammed out of $350 for some speakers sold out of the back of a van, in traffic. I could not admit it for years. I kept pretending they were great, even in front of my audio engineer friends.

How do we bring our friends who got politically scammed, in from the cold? We all get scammed sometimes.

Freedom2|4 months ago

It's not very hard to admit when we're wrong. Some even consider it a power. From my experience working with Americans, you often have to drag them kicking and screaming to have any humility, let alone have them admit when they are categorically wrong.

Perhaps this cultural trait is one of the major reasons why the US is in the situation it's in.

ndsipa_pomu|4 months ago

I've often thought that the willingness to admit fault/mistakes/wrongness is a sign of being an adult.

midtake|4 months ago

Nice try. Maybe when Democrats decide to uphold their own values and defend the working class, people will come back in from the cold. Until then, burning it all down is perfectly understandable. Betrayal stings and vengeance sometimes takes the form of scorched earth. At least with the Republican Party people know what they're getting.

As long as the Democratic Party keeps its current shape, people will continue to distrust it.

balamatom|4 months ago

Feels like last century all over again, innit. Proposing to name this particular move the Nyash Myash - part of the same namespace as Good Cop Bad Cop