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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday September 05, 2026 @07:14AM (#49575428)
Many people, including me, not all of us Republicans, have observed that the Dems were much saner before 2010 or so.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by otterley on Saturday September 05, 2026 @08:21AM (#49575850)
What happened around 2010 that might have precipitated whatever changes you’re thinking of?
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday September 05, 2026 @09:01AM (#49576123)
Tumblr? Cultural shifts from social media started to gather momentum roughly around that time.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by otterley on Saturday September 05, 2026 @10:07AM (#49576649)
There was a lot for people to be angry about, particularly the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan that the Bush administration got us into as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, combined with the 2008 financial crisis and Wall Street public bailout that culminated in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by 0xDEAFBEAD on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:48AM (#49584211)
None of those events were the focus of the cultural shifts I'm referring to.
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Re:Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread by otterley on Monday September 07, 2026 @07:24AM (#49596994)
Maybe you should be more explicit about what you think really happened.
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