The America I loved is gone Stephen Marche It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

[applegrove]

This is one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time. Exquisitely written, beautiful, tragic & insightful piece about the US.

Masterpiece by @stephenmarche.bsky.social 🇨🇦

5/9🧵

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— Nicky Schwenzer (@nickyschwenzer.bsky.social) 2025-04-24T08:44:01.454Z

The America I loved is gone
Stephen Marche

It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

Sun 20 Apr 2025 09.00 BST

[riverbendviewgal]

1. Wow!

Brings back many memories. Every word in this article is true. Thanks for sharing.

[JanMichael]

2. Good article. I think that the "fun" USA started dying in 2000.

At least the most recent "fun" USA. It didn't totally crap out until 2016. So it took some time unravelling.

Obviously it looks like they're 10 to 20 year periods that are "fun" followed by 10 to 20 year periods that suck.

How many people remember those "fun" gas lines back in the '70s?

Also I would say that internet bubbles aren't nearly as "fun" as in person bubbles used to be. But that's what life is becoming.

[applegrove]

3. I would say too that Trump has lured MAGA common

folk into his false MAGA bubble because Republicans made income inequality so bad in the last 45 years their own bubbles became painful to live in.