Regardless of your opinions, it’s the truth.
Regardless if you support cops, it’s the truth.
Regardless if you think he was doing his job, it is true.
Regardless of your pride of America, it is true.
No matter how you look at it, or what your beliefs are,
it is true.
Just because you believe it to be true, doesn’t mean it is. I would say the country has been on a down path long before this.
The definition of “America collapsing” is itself a matter of opinion
True. Maybe I worded it wrong.
It reminds me of 9/11 and how “freedom” changed after that. There’s probably an age barrier to that. And I was young at the time too but still old enough to know freedoms left after that day. Regardless of political views things were different with no option of going back. Kinda like a small spark of life within humanity died.
People compare the collapse of America to the collapse of the Roman empire all the time.
They often neglect to mention that the process took well over 100 years for the Romans.
We might be witnessing the collapse of America in real time, maybe not. Only time will tell.
George Floyd died in 2020, surely the USA already had a turning point somewhere between 9/11 and Trump becoming president?
Pretty sure it was a two-fer.
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Obama, the first black President - This sent racist Boomers into a fucking fever dream that they have yet to wake from.
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Obama declining to prosecute obvious war crimes of previous administration - If you don’t think this attitude is part and parcel to why they were/are so reluctant to go after Trump for anything, you’re naive. Ignoring crimes of this upper echelon is Standard Operating Procedure and Trump threw a fucking monkey wrench in the works by stealing (and likely selling) state secrets.
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Who tf is that
Ok, I don’t know who this is.
Derek Chauvin… The guy who killed George Floyd.
And kick started the social unrest as we know it today that hasn’t stopped since.
I’m not even sure how to think about it… But I know life since has felt unstable and teetering on civil war.
Again, no matter how you look at it. Left, right or center. It’s not a political thing.
Oh, the murderer.
I would suggest studying a bit more on the history of African Americans in the USA. While this was tragic and unjustified it was a more recent symptom of hundreds of years of systemic violence against people of color than a tipping point that changed everything. This horrible bloody path America has been walking down for generations and Mr. Floyd’s murder was a fresh footprint.
OP my only argument is that your focus is too narrow. The circumstances that led to Mr. Floyd’s murder did not come out of nowhere.
The state I grew up in would create postcards after lynches a few decades ago. That’s the America I know.
Reductive and absolutist statements serve only to discourage action.
Fatalistic proclamations are counterproductive. The world isn’t over, politics and direct political action have an effect and you can make a difference.
Vote. Be active in local politics. America isn’t dead and it’s been in far worse situations than anything we’re dealing with today.
Don’t be complacent. Go get involved.
Donating money is a cop out if you don’t have time, but it’s better than nothing.
