Re:Young people in U.S. dying at high rates
by davidw on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:54PM
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> I think despair and hopelessness is not so much "real" as it is "manufactured".
When I was younger, we had Reagan and Bush and Clinton with his BJ and lying about it, and then the war in Iraq, which all had some low points...
But now there's a guy trying to cheat to win the next election, who basically believes he's above the law, and half the country is lining up behind him.
That's our democracy at stake. I feel quite a sense of despair, and I'm old enough to have seen a lot of back-and-forth in politics.
But despair can't lead to inaction. I've been doing more than I ever have to try and make a difference.
When I was younger, we had Reagan and Bush and Clinton with his BJ and lying about it, and then the war in Iraq, which all had some low points...
But now there's a guy trying to cheat to win the next election, who basically believes he's above the law, and half the country is lining up behind him.
That's our democracy at stake. I feel quite a sense of despair, and I'm old enough to have seen a lot of back-and-forth in politics.
But despair can't lead to inaction. I've been doing more than I ever have to try and make a difference.