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12. Reagan era was when this started

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 19, 2020, 03:01 PM

Jan 2020

When perception became more important than truth.

How often we see something is not good optics. That's more important than what is actually there.

Might be unpopular to say: the first thing I thought of was AOC. It is sometimes for good. But getting the cameras is more important than anything else.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] applegrove Jan 2020 OP

Education, government and corporate Timewas Jan 2020 #1

It was the ones who took control of the Republican Party. applegrove Jan 2020 #2

It may have begun with Nixon's corruption and lawlessness Fragment Jan 2020 #3

American culture prioritizes materialism, technology, winning and celebrity. None of those Karadeniz Jan 2020 #4

+1 applegrove Jan 2020 #5

America gone to rack & ruin, Amen to that appalachiablue Jan 2020 #6

Because success in the U.S. is defined by how much money you have. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #7

BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Jan 2020 #10

Given my role here, how should i behave? dweller Jan 2020 #8

With integrity. That is what the DU is. A look at the USA from a non corrupt applegrove Jan 2020 #9

Or it was all smoke and mirrors to begin with. malthaussen Jan 2020 #11

Reagan era was when this started treestar Jan 2020 #12

Brown vs Board of Education, integration, voting, civil rights act... czarjak Jan 2020 #13

The author of this steaming mound works for the American Enterprise Institute . . . hatrack Jan 2020 #14

Did not know he was AEI guy. Yikes. This article spoke to me applegrove Jan 2020 #15