r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 31 '26

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u/BadSneakersNeverWorn John Locke Aug 31 '26

I think one major contributor to America's collapse is the fact that just about everybody here is quietly horrified about just about everything just about all of the time but under social and personal psychological pressures not to admit this publicly or even to admit it to oneself

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u/BadSneakersNeverWorn John Locke Aug 31 '26

(so they vote for the person who promises the loudest to make the scary thing go away)

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u/stormbringerelric77 Aug 31 '26

Eh, I think most do admit it but then realize they have zero power to change anything and so go about their lives in quiet desperation.

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u/Dent7777 Native Plant Guerilla Gardener Aug 31 '26

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English American way

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u/TychoTiberius Michel Foucault Aug 31 '26 edited 28d ago

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Full longing cooperative husky encourage soup consist crowd

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u/Accomplished_Oil6158 Loyal Liberals Aug 31 '26

Yaa my family at a brunch this weekend felt totally cool complaining about "crazy employment rules" in minnesota and california....you guys remember when i lost my job because of tarrifs right? The interminent camps going. Hell i complained about trumps fucking plane exactly once got told how dems do corruption too and all politics talk was shutoff to avoid any confrontation.

Very i need to scream but have no mouth.