It's how empires die. You can read about the same thing happening in Rome. Just like today, some of it is so ridiculous it sounds like satire

I take consolation in the fact that we're speed running the process... Our system has been broken a long time, it'll feel painfully slow but we're likely to see the day when we can begin to build something better

Hear hear! I see that desperately needed grassroots work being done in small pockets everywhere! It truly starts with us, and I still have the radical hope that it can be done in my lifetime - to spread sustainable practices and reap the benefits for the next generation. They're gonna need all the help they can get surviving on this planet. It's not worth scrapping; it's worth saving!

To be fair, a lot of that feeling is due to us having more information, delivered more quickly. I watched a history video recently on the rampant corruption during Ulysses S Grant's presidency. It led to a lot of reform to prevent it happening again.

The video used it as a silver lining to show the US can come back from the bullshit currently happening. Not sure I agree. I've lost my faith in not just the government, but at least half of my fellow citizens and am planning my exit. But you know, the point remains.

This is in the top 10 gif of the decade hands down.

Unironically this.

For a muslin? You can't trust those diaphanous fuckers! Especially not in that climate!

Lol, no they won't. Some will claim to be unhappy with Trump, then will go to the polls and vote straight R.

Donald Trump wasn't kidding when he said he could kill a man in the middle of 5th Avenue and not face any consequences.

He's a well documented pedo, and may have even been involved in the murder of an infant he conceived on a child, and Republicans are still bending over backwards to make sure he's free to trample on the US Constitution.

I do believe you're right. Conservatives constantly demonstrate their hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty as well as their self serving nature. There's a real possibility for people publicly railing against mandami to signal in-group but vote for him in the secrecy of the booth to their benefit.

It's Istanbul, not Catstantinople

Especially on those who cannot think critically. At all.

reminder for the billionth time that east germans vote afd

We see something similar with Cuban immigrants to the US.

Because a certain group of certain countries made the main comparison axis "capitalism - communism" instead of "totalitarianism - freedom". I wonder why.

I was going to add that it's also reinforced by modern day communist dictatorships but then I remembered those are also right wing.

100% And it's almost always a corpo fuckwit that constantly needs financial help everytime they build, hire, tank the business, and political help with ad-hoc rules and laws. Losers, they probably couldn't compete with the little guy in a fair fight. Sorry for the rant

"The poor get all the breaks!"

Half joking, in this case at least.

If you gotta ask, you can't afford it

I mean, small businesses are petite bourgeoisie. That's just the definition of the term. That doesn't mean they are an enemy of socialism and I don't think that's what the person you're replying to was saying. Of course it would be ideal for small businesses to adopt a cooperative structure but it would be foolish to suddenly try and push that on existing small business owners. In the meantime it's good to change policy to favor small business over corporations because it distributes wealth more evenly, enables greater social mobility, and fosters community.

whooosh.