Reply #8: We are a deeply selfish people

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That's why a party with virtually no value to most Americans (the Republicans, natch) is able to get close enough to steal enough elections to secure a thin governmental majority.

The dark side of America has engulfed (fun word, in light of recent developments, huh?) the good side of America (its resilience and pluralistic acceptance of all); ugliness is now our greatest goal. We have trampled our tolerance, and become a "fuck you" country with no mitigation. Greed is not only good, but anything not completely selfish is to be scorned. Fuck the rest of the world. Fuck fellow citizens who don't agree with us. Fuck everything.

We have always been a country of mixed values, but the good ones are pretty much swept away now.