have lived through more. It still pisses me off experiencing all the crazy shit I have experienced since I turned 17. I turned 17 in the summer of '00 and since then I have experienced several horrible historical events.
1. In the fall of '00 Bush win's the election off bs fraud. I still be he stole it and the Supreme Court helped him. It was the first time I saw a president win without the popular vote and unfortunately not the last time.
2. 9/11 happened when I was 18 and in my first month of college. I really felt like an alien when 9/11 happened when everybody was supporting Bush and I was part of the 8-10 percent that didn't approve of him. I spoke out against him college and people looked at me like a crazy person. Today I have bragging rights among friends.
3. Bush and the rest of the country being stupid and agreeing to star the War against Iraq in '03.
4. '08 Financial Crisis was something I never thought was possible but it happened.
5. Obama becoming the first black president in '09. The only good historical event I have experienced. I was at his inauguration.
6. Trump winning the election without the popular vote and it felt just as bad as Bush winning '00
7. This awful pandemic being managed terribly by Trump and these corrupt republicans not doing anything to make it better.
All the events I listed were all crappy outside of Obama winning the presidency. As one of the older millennials I'm just tired of this bs. If you look at all the event's I have listed besides Obama the republicans had their fingerprints all over them. I really miss the 90's not because it was my childhood but it seems like it was the last decade where there was no crazy out of this world horrible events happening
Sure the 90's weren't perfect and we still had our racial,social, economic problems but man things were not as tumultuous as they have been the last 20 years.
When I talked to younger people today who are teenagers and young adults I feel like an old person. I feel old especially when I tell them what this country was like before 2000. I have to remind myself that I'm still not even middle aged yet.
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