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In reply to the discussion: this country in its present form is beyond redemption [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)62. I majored in history and it's still my main interest.
I have a Nook full of history books which is seldom idle now that I'm retired.
"If you want to become a cynic, major in history." One of my first history profs said that and it proved to be true for me. Looking back one comes to realize that nothing much changes in the never ending struggle between the powerful and the downtrodden. The bosses end up taking their lumps for awhile then are replaced by new bosses with much the same agenda of self aggrandizement until the people, once again, get fed up and fight back.
As they say, "wash, rinse, repeat..".
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I am here to commiserate with other like minded people who also realize that there is no hope. n/t
totodeinhere
May 2013
#40
Maybe she needs to view REAL rays of sunshine more often! We all could stand to do that!
randome
May 2013
#15
Agreed in all except that that is the only thing that is happening. And I also always want to add a
patrice
May 2013
#4
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#5
I wouldn't be in the least surprised if he would feel the same way today.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#44
All things are not political. I like good art direction & I stay home a lot, though not
patrice
May 2013
#36
Confused by lies and misinformation spread by the Rethugs through their propaganda machine,
judgegblue
May 2013
#17
I had the opportunity once to talk to a biologist who made the following statement:
airplaneman
May 2013
#30
Can I use this airplaneman? I need a new sig line and this is brilliant! Full credit to you... nt
riderinthestorm
May 2013
#98
I am not so sure people are in enough pain yet to do much, but it's coming down the pike fast.
Mnemosyne
May 2013
#95
The Right Has a Lock on the Media, the Churches, the Courts, Most State Governments, and the House
AndyTiedye
May 2013
#147
"The individual is still the most important and powerful entity" = no, that is the mythology handed
HiPointDem
May 2013
#49
That's about the long and short of it. The great cull isn't coming, it's happening slowly right now
Poll_Blind
May 2013
#31
The Democrats have won four of the last six presidential elections but yet things
totodeinhere
May 2013
#50
honestly? I think we're already well on the way to being thoroughly digested in the belly of the
cali
May 2013
#71
What will they submit to? I have no hope for those who will allow their gonads to be groped, and
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#112
Unfortunately many, if not most, people have been affected by the MSM's moral equivalency
judgegblue
May 2013
#104
At least you're getting your physical exercise. Me I'm so frustrated and cynical about the whole
totodeinhere
May 2013
#45
"cheat" is different from doing something legally. Any way to hammer this guy . .
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#86
That approaching issues to do with poverty can be best solved through civil discourse with
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#89
you didn't know that already? you had to suffer through the whole video to learn that?
HiPointDem
May 2013
#90
i thought you were going to leave it at that? you misunderstand the reason for the PR. It's
HiPointDem
May 2013
#133
Wanted to, but "PR" piqued my interest. Now Is see where you're coming from.
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#135
I think you should know this about the Gates Foundation vs the Koch Bros
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#154
I know plenty about the Gates Foundation. The fact that they made a documentary that
HiPointDem
May 2013
#155
Civil discourse? That would be good. But apparently against the unwritten rule of some.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#113
I get into twitter arguments with Rohrabacher. Only one time was there a
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#139
Yes, there are severe problems for our Nation and especially the poor, the non-white, the unemployed
drynberg
May 2013
#69
that's all true - but the younger generation is more liberal - more willing for change and the shift
Douglas Carpenter
May 2013
#73
It is a shame too because it doesn't have to be like this but most are caught in a box
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#80
None of those will matter if we dont stop the theft of our wealth by the fascist overlords.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#122
Of course but how? We fully know what needs to be done, the question is how to do it. Congress
rhett o rick
May 2013
#120
A principled person will stand by their principles. You're doing that. The price is dissatisfaction.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#115
If you arent going to stand by your principles, you might as well become a Republican. nm
rhett o rick
May 2013
#126
"I used to scoff at people who claimed that we're living under fascism."
woo me with science
May 2013
#129