Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much?

Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by hayst4ck on Monday April 01, 2024 @07:32AM (#39892994)

Big business is easily won over with tax cuts and cheap labor. I don't think there is any question that big business prefers the "lax" regulatory environment the GOP offers.

You hope the deep state and big business can limit Trump's power, but it doesn't take a lot of effort to find historic precedence that those are hopeful limits rather than practical ones, thinking otherwise is American exceptionalism.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by emmelaich on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @10:02PM (#39912880)

I appreciate your scepticism towards hope, however the USA is exceptional in the sense it has never had a dictator or monarch - at least since the War of Independence.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by hayst4ck on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:31PM (#39956263)

I think you should step back and appreciate the implications of the 22nd amendment, including when it was enacted and why.

I am pretty confident that most of our founding fathers would disagree with your complacence.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by dragonwriter on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:37PM (#39956301)

The time between when what became the USA had a monarch and now is shorter than the time between when Rome was a Kingdom and the end of the Republic.

There is nothing all that exceptional about the fact that the US has gone a bit under 250 years without either a monarch or dictator.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by dllthomas on Saturday April 06, 2024 @07:40PM (#39956722)

It's not unique, but I'm not sure it's not exceptional.

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