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stillcool

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2. boy, oh boy...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 07:00 PM

Jun 2020

that last paragraph got me. Thanks...good read.

Donald Trump is going to make everything that was already bad much, much worse in the days to come. But we aren’t just spectators anymore. There are no orange Cheeto signs on the streets because he was the culmination of a centuries long sickness, not the cause of it. This moment is not about him, but about what created him, and whether we can finally break the spell

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Dahlia Lithwick: Why This Time Is Different [View all] babylonsister Jun 2020 OP

It's also different because 106,000+ died from Covid-19, the majority malaise Jun 2020 #1

boy, oh boy... stillcool Jun 2020 #2

Very powerful insights.... MyOwnPeace Jun 2020 #3

Racism/white supremacy is the root. All the rest branches Solly Mack Jun 2020 #4