Re:Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer
by rospaya on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:59PM
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It's a bit perverse to watch how the US is eating itself from the inside. Is there anything that isn't a culture war? Are there any more third rails left in a time when white replacement theory is on primetime TV?
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Re:Bud Light Loses Title as Top-Selling U.S. Beer
by jfengel on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:09PM
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It is incredibly hard watching my country devolve further and further into culture war. The fact is that culture war sells, both products and votes.
Not only is it bad for our culture, but it has made issues that shouldn't be culture into cultural issues. We haven't had a serious national conversation on any topic in decades, and genuine problems are piling up while we're unable to even begin to discuss solutions.
We survive because we had so much momentum -- vast amounts of money, enormous clout, and a system that more or less continues. But it feels like it could all give out at any moment because we've decided we enjoy hating each other more than we enjoy having a country.