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I’m 41. I’ve been involved with activism since I was 20. Things keep getting worse. Time to try something different.
I’m also trying to shift my views to be more like Carlin, where I stop caring about what happens.
Carlin cared a great deal. His whole career was about bringing things to light. He was just cynical and vulgar in his presentation.
"Scratch any cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist."
I like that
It's a Carlin quote. Cynics are cynics because they cared and society let them down.
Why did you scratch me, bro?
What things have been getting worse?
All things
Lots of down votes, but no actual responses.
Because it is ignorant trolling and not a genuine question. People recognize it instantly and downvote instead of giving you the answers you don't want or need.
Not sure how you missed that but there ya go.
I'm not sure if you're aware but they've overturned Roe v. Wade.
And that's just the start of the list.
How about minority rights, accessibility to health care, environmental protections, women's pay gap and career opportunity in general, black president, woman vice president, safety laws, life expectancy.
Most of those are going away, too
None of that counters their point. GJ.
All of the numbers suggest otherwise, but don't let that get in the way of what you believe in your heart.
Your nonsequitur has nothing to do with me.
You are the one claiming that my multiple examples don't counter his one example.
I wasn't claiming, I was letting you know.
The price of damn near everything.
Except, of course, the lowest amount you can legally pay someone for an hour of their labor. That stayed steady as a rock.
My 15 year old makes 16 per hour working fast food. I made 5.25 at his age in the 90s.
Everything is solved and no one is suffering then! Hooray for the power of anecdote!
40 here. Been watching it slide downhill for 20 solid years now. Just getting more and more absurd. I'm done. I"ll be doing the ignorance is bliss thing from here on out so I can try to enjoy myself a little. I don't really care about Americans anymore. Too stupid.