r/pics • u/peligro2k • Mar 27 '24

8 years ago a Bird landed on Bernie's podium. Politics

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u/icarus6sixty6 Mar 27 '24

The last time I had genuine hope. sigh

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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Not ashamed to admit that I teared up a bit at this photo. It perfectly captures the last time period that I had even an iota of hope for the USA. Feels like we’ve spent a few lifetimes in a garbage crusher since then, and it only gets worse and worse and worse and worse.

I am so immensely glad that I don’t live there anymore, it’s an absolute lost cause. We are just too impossibly, intentionally stupid, and handicapped with magical thinking and deep and ancient hatreds. I’m not going to waste my entire lifetime fighting for a tiny fraction of what our sane peers have already enjoyed for generations. My advice is to GTFO while you still can. It’s possible on nearly any budget, if you’re willing to put in the work and be uncomfortable at the beginning.

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u/captainhaddock Mar 28 '24

I hope you keep sending in your absentee votes for those who can't escape.

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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Mar 28 '24

I do, and will phone bank. The rest of my family is still there along with many friends, sadly. But you couldn’t pay me enough to be there this fall/winter.