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In reply to the discussion: What is wrong with the American people? [View all]BonnieJW
(3,124 posts)59. I blame social media
Our sense of community is gone. We socialize alone online. We isolate ourselves. I have four teenage grandkids and none of them want to learn how to drive or get their license. Gone are the days when you picked up your friends and went somewhere together. Do all the people in your neighborhood reach out and help each other? Does everyone reach out to new arrivals in the neighborhood?
If your neighborhood is like that, I'd love to know. It would be hopeful.
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And they commit crimes defined by laws that were signed in the blue book.
Justice matters.
Feb 2025
#65
Some of them are awful and would vote for Satan if he said he could make eggs $2.00 a dozen.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2025
#13
The thing these "Americans" really don't realize is that when a citizen is "fired"
haele
Feb 2025
#76
As has been mentioned on DU many times, we need our own media infrastructure...
keep_left
Feb 2025
#34
Doesn't match the other polling I've seen. I'm taking this with a pound of salt.
LauraInLA
Feb 2025
#44
Here's the thing with ongoing polls, especially when they're corporate sponsored: ongoing polls are only snapshots.
ancianita
Feb 2025
#57
It's the "bended-knee" media. Trust nothing they say, publish, or broadcast. n/t
dobleremolque
Feb 2025
#64
Trump should have been arrested and prosecuted for Jan 6th on Jan 7th at the latest!
Ohioboy
Feb 2025
#79