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In reply to the discussion: America is kind of scaring the shit out of me [View all]DFW
(54,325 posts)80. Civilized in some aspects, not all
Though the era of Soviet/Nazi style of all-powerful state institutions controlling every aspect of your life is now over, the mentality that spawned it is still very much just below the surface in many aspects--further below the surface than in France (current version, anyway), but still lurking, nonetheless. It's a trade-off--the laissez-faire "you're-on-your-own-kid" tendencies of the States as opposed to the European "we-know-what's-best-for-you-and-you-don't" model. Some people fare better in the one, others fare better in the other.
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the change goes back from before trump, but he is ramping them up to new levels.
hollysmom
Dec 2015
#8
Cruz is appealing to all non liberals who arent part of the establishment or system.
randys1
Dec 2015
#55
That, my friend, is one apt observation: calling for fascism to save their privilege
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2015
#91
no, it is simply that the veneer has been pulled off, and the horrible, ugly, racist, ignorant,
niyad
Dec 2015
#66
Yep, exactly! They now have a flashy savior in Trump who pretty much tells them all of their hatred
RKP5637
Dec 2015
#56
No. They are paid actors. Doesn't anyone remember the RumpHole buying people to attend rallies?
erronis
Dec 2015
#57
Someone called my comparison of today's America to Rwanda in 1993 "hyperbole"
GliderGuider
Dec 2015
#13
“The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
#24
Have you noticed that the more sunlight he gets, the more followers show up? More like weeds than
jtuck004
Dec 2015
#74
Ironically, ARTE TV (a French/German channel here in France) ran a compelling and pertinent,
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2015
#43
I kinda thought k-12 would have provided some level of sanity for our society by now.
Ivan Kaputski
Dec 2015
#50
Scare the shit out of you IS the strategy of the clown show. Mayhem is their only chance, and they
L. Coyote
Dec 2015
#71