America is Fucked
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- akiersky6
https://medium.com/indica/collap…
"First off, yes, America has already collapsed. You can’t just step over your newly dead and poor. America has already lost more lives than in WWI and Vietnam, combined. The economic contraction is the worst in your recorded history. The rest of the world has stopped accepting your passports. Worst of all, this is all self-inflicted. Your leadership and 40% of the population drove off a cliff, and they’re still hitting the gas."
Oof... great article and perspective on where we are and where we're headed...
- The movie analogy is a good one.
Sadly, the montage at the end will take tens of years instead of 3 minutes.PhanLo - Holy shit, this is the takeaway for sure.
Trump and his merry men ‘violate norms’ or have ‘conflicts of interest’ You’re overcomplicating things to the point oCyBrainX - of lying.CyBrainX
- The only point I disagree with is that all of these problems will take generations. Even the Great Depression didn't take a generation.CyBrainX
- The corruption is another story. It's not a matter of time but of will. If the Democrats fight like they're in a war they can stack the court, make DC and PRCyBrainX
- states and start prosecuting criminals.CyBrainX
- The movie analogy is a good one.
- _niko10
been going down a Katie Porter rabbit hole, and just realised, not only does modern-day slavery exist, it's worse than I ever imagined, not only are we working ourselves to death for nothing, we OWE money on top of it. Fuck me.
- she's good!renderedred
- When she pulls out the white board ...
You’re toast!!!!Ramanisky2 - Goddamn, I want to see the rest of that interaction. I'm sure it wasn't just 3+ mins.elahon
- The suggestion at taking out the credit card is fucking brilliant.ben_
- There’s one with a big pharma ceo that is cringe worthymaquito
- utopian2
Homeland Security reportedly told U.S. officials to speak sympathetically about Kyle Rittenhouse
Internal talking points from the Department of Homeland Security directed federal law enforcement officers to speak sympathetically about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Trump supporter facing intentional homicide charges for the shooting deaths of two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a chaotic night on Aug. 25, NBC News reports. Rittenhouse brought an AR-15-style rifle to Kenosha from his home in Illinois to guard private businesses alongside armed militia groups. According to police and video footage, he killed one protester, then shot two more after he tripped while trying to flee the scene.
- He will be pardoned by Trump and will replace Chad Wolf as head of DHSRamanisky2
- And be president in 2044.CyBrainX
- eggsnbacon-5
No question I’m against Trump but in the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, it seems wise not to rush to judgement and add fuel to the fire. I just watched this video and I gotta say, it offers a convincing defense:
Kyle Rittenhouse - The Truth in 11 Minutes:
https://video.link/w/G0pgbYouTube took down the video:
I'm onboard with 90 percent of the political opinions on QBN but after watching this it’s impossible not to understand why people on the right are angry and afraid too.
It’s hard to know what/who to believe these days. The video was produced by Rittenhouse’s legal defense team which is quite possibly a red flag. The video is no doubt biased towards Rittenhouse and much speculation is espoused. Just say’n. At the moment. This video offers a convincing defense.
I am bewildered we do not have better leadership options available in this country.
I am disturbed how many people have guns. Especially a 17-year-old kid.Hopefully this moment of disruption will soon pass and humanity will self-correct, as it has done so often, and we’ll all land in a better place.
We’re all fucked if we can’t get a better handle on vetting the truth before rushing to judgement.
- Kyle drove from another state.teh
- Kyle is a hero because everyone else had criminal backgrounds. What a cunt!teh
- Right. Supposedly he answered a Facebook call to help defend local businesses. It’s inexcusable that a 17-year-old vigilante showed up with a gun.eggsnbacon
- All I’m saying is that the video offers a compelling argument he acted in self-defense. Innocent until proven guilty.eggsnbacon
- I don’t want to get suckered into playing Trump’s game of stoking the flames.eggsnbacon
- See 1st comment.teh
- He’s underage, brought an AR-15 across state lines and used it to murder 2 people and wound another ...
Guilty ... end of Fucking story.Ramanisky2 - Agreed. The video is biased in many ways.
But it seems wise to hold off on the hasty character assassinations.eggsnbacon - Using Kyle as a canvas for which all animus can be projected. It hurts the righteous cause to remove Trump.eggsnbacon
- oh here we go again... there can be no compelling argument made for a 17 year old taking an illegal firearm across state lines and killing two peoplejonny_quest_lives
- other than his mother should be on trial as well...jonny_quest_lives
- ^ BINGORamanisky2
- it looked like self defence from the beginning, Rosenbaum was acting like an agro idiot. How and why he was there is another story._niko
- https://docs.legis.w…jonny_quest_lives
- Once he's extradited to Wisconsin and stands trial as an adult it will all be sorted out...jonny_quest_lives
- The fact is no one required/hired him to be there that night. He wasn't tasked with protecting anything he was not a Law Enforcement Officer of any kind...jonny_quest_lives
- https://www.theatlan…jonny_quest_lives
- A parent gives their kid a gun. He carries it across states lines to a riot. Guilty.
The likelihood of violence was high. The adults in Kyle’s life failed him.eggsnbacon - Murder vs. Self-defense. TBD.eggsnbacon
- Thank you _niko for the confirmation. Truly.
I was beginning to worry that my eyeballs were broken.eggsnbacon - Indeed. Let’s hope the criminal justice system™ sorts it.eggsnbacon
- ^ the justice system that is lead by Bill Barr?? That justice system?? lolRamanisky2
- A 17 year old with an assault rifle? Sounds like NOT GUILTY to me!nb
- there are at least 5 videos showing the timeline to be completely the opposite. Did you prefer the editing style in this one?fadein11
- I have no preference other than justice.
Compiled or not, the raw footage is fairly exculpatory.eggsnbacon - A lynch mob won’t accomplish the long-term desired result.
I’ll excuse myself and wish you all well.eggsnbacon - If Kyle was black he'd be sentenced to life without parole by now.Maaku
- If he was black the cops would have shot him about 100 times as he was leaving the scene of the crimeyuekit
- Character assassination not needed. He made himself a criminal by his actions and should be tried as such. Jesus, what's to debate here?ben_
- Self defence. A cunt with a gun shot some other cunts with guns.Hayzilla
- utopian3
New layoffs from Wall Street to Main Street hurt thousands of Americans as Washington squabbles and delays financial relief.
A new report by Challenger Gray & Christmas indicates that U.S. employers announced 118,804 layoffs last month, a 186% increase from the 41,557 job cuts in September 2019.
- People have been calling this a recession as if the word depression never existed.CyBrainX
- renderedred4
you're not sure if he has it or not. and that's how fucked america is. non linear warfare.
- Well, that's what happens when the head of state is a narcissistic, compulsive liar. After a few years of that, people get understandably sceptical.Continuity
- Gardener11
- Ramanisky25
and on top of everything our beloved Rick Moranis
was sucker-punched while walking along West 70th street near Central Park yesterday morning. Moranis hurt his head, back, and hip in the attack and went to the hospital for evaluation.
- Jesus, really? who would do such a thing?_niko
- Man, not Moranis.
Not anyone.
And especially not a sucker punch - what sort of vile coward does that?Nairn - DeBlasio is fucking up.instrmntl
- I've seen a few similar videos recently. That's some proper coward shit.PhanLo
- NYC's already matched 2019's murder count w/ 3 months still left to go... that's just 1 shit stat that city is just 'realizing'... Feel better, Rick. Fuck 2020PonyBoy
- Can you imagine squaring up with Rick Moranisscarabin
- Can you imagine being such a pathetic idiot that you blame the mayor for this?monospaced
- DeBlasio's not to blame for this, but he is fucking up.MondoMorphic
- How is he fucking up?monospaced
- Ramanisky20
More of Trumps fine people
- fucking helltank02
- Standing by.PhanLo
- Bad people on both sides in that video right?Wolfboy
- He told you stand by and stand back, WTF doesn't he understand?utopian
- Don't Step On Snek man is scared of kids with cameras. Fuck these people into the sun. Just smash their fucking heads in.face_melter
- The YT comments on this video are wild. Definitely Trump supporters or "the right" are the dumbest people on the planet.nb
- PhanLo2
Making self defence look like assault
-- Juggalos? Wootwootdasohr
- Chubby incel army ftw!PhanLo
- good lordtank02
- suit guy has balls thoughtank02
- sad it takes "balls" to exercise your rightsimbecile
- AGNB is good at just letting folk speak, they fuck themselves up by just chatting.PhanLo
- The mob battering the other people was quite dark though. They were kids.PhanLo
- Fred Perry ftwmaquito
- wow.fadein11
- What a fucking country.ben_
- Humans, with psychological layers like an onion, at the core, some sort of little childhood trauma.shapesalad
- i_monk3
- Yes, it's pretty easy to get ahead in life. Just read books instead of watching TV, endless social scrolling, etcnb
- +1 if you read to the endscruffics
- Can't say I much believe that last point.Nairn
- That last point represents 50+ books.i_monk
- I didn't read that graph to the end
jknbq - I doubt that the mere act of reading a book turns that into useful comprehension and understanding.Nairn
- Reading books does NOT make you smart or successful. One is just sometimes a product of the other.Hayzilla
- I wonder how many books use the word "likelier".Hayzilla
- It’s a wordscarabin
- Study in a T-style manner - go wide first then go deep on a subject until you become an expert. Then get punched in the face by MAGA pplgrafician
- as far as comparative adjectives go, it's not my favorite.imbecile
- Imma putting that shit on a T-Shirt.Nairn
- https://www.youtube.…MrT
- Wow I shared this and then I fact checked it and it is FAKE NEWS.sarahfailin
- Totally fake uncited statistics.sarahfailin
- Yeah, sorry about that:
https://www.inquisit…i_monk
- face_melter3
- fuck vice for even publishing thatimbecile
- Good lord, nobody thinks that.MondoMorphic
- lol, brilliant. He's going to morph into a 5G tower.fadein11
- grafician4
- There are two good things about the Trumpian clusterfuck:
1) Somehow now GWBush seems like a pretty alright guy. How the fuck?
2) Distraction from implosoUKNairn - Same with the situation in the UK, so many [face palms] this year...grafician
- < what?sted
- How many wars have we entered into during the Trump administration? How many million died while on Bush's watch?MondoMorphic
- ...which is not pro-Trump sentiment but meant to point out the ignorance about what went on in the Bush administration.MondoMorphic
- Yeah, let's not even think about rehabilitating Bush Jr.Continuity
- It's so true. I've heard lifelong Democrats praise W as some kind of a decent man who cared about his country. They've completely forgiven the war crimes,CyBrainX
- warrantless wiretapping, the Patriot Act, the hundreds of millions to Cheney's companies for military contracts. It's no wonder a crime family is in power.CyBrainX
- this is very trueNutter
- Trump didn't start a new war overseas, he started one at home. USA getting back a bit of what they do everywhere else.ESKEMA
- Funny you say that - I read a great essay a few years back about fascism being the return of Empire War Engines to deploy against the home populationNairn
- ..but I didn't save or bookmark it and I've spent Godshonest hours trying to find it a few times, where I felt it relevant.Nairn
- There are two good things about the Trumpian clusterfuck:
- PhanLo0
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Chubby men cry.- < Fictional entertainment.Morning_star
- I like how Americans create a little mythology around silly cultures they invent. That praying stuff is weird as fuck.PhanLo
- When I was a teenager I met some guys from the Zulu Nation, they were the same. They'd invented all these weird rules and systems as a fake mythology...PhanLo
- ...,dress code, everything. But it was all nonsense. I was a kid but I could see they were talking absolute shite.
The Proud Boys are the same.PhanLo - white trashgrafiske
- grafician1
Hey you guys, I remember watching on live TV when 9/11 hit, so back then and now = the same mood
Something is very wrong here, something is unfolding right before our eyes now and America will never be the same, just like it wasn't after that moment back then
Just saying...
- i got an msn message from a friend in new york to watch cnn, i felt shocked and sad, i'm not in the same mood, not at all.sted
- ^the mood is "something big is up" and we will process this in a year's time...that ifgrafician
- so you remember, the 9/11 hit was shocking in it's own right, but it lead to wars after that!grafician
- sted2
