Find a shrink, talk to someone. You're not well, don't let that go worse.
So, maybe passing peak pride, if that's what's occurred, isn't such a bad thing? A national humility month would probably be more psychologically healthy.
You guys on the other hand, even the libs/dems, had a version of the manifest destiny in your pockets, or so it seemed. And now one half (or on HN 95% of US users) of you are suddenly appalled with the state of things. To the outside world, however, not much other than theatrics, has changed.
On the inside, it’s very different.
They voted for this, and have been voting for this for decades.
They have two choices: own it and admit to themselves that they do in fact support fascism, or vow to never, ever again vote Republican or similar for the rest of their lives.
Likewise: Don't ever let a Democrat complain about the current state of affairs. They chose to run shit candidates that couldn't even win against a fool like Trump.
They voted for this (in the primaries), and have been voting for this for at least a decade.
They have two choices: own it and admit to themselves that they don't actually care that much about avoiding "fascism," or vow to never, ever again to vote for Democrats who can't win a "red" [1] state for the rest of their lives.
[1] "Red" states are actually not that red. They only seem so "red" because the Democrats stopped trying to represent them.
1. Already having power
2. Extreme wealth
3. Extreme corruption
The system is broken, and the ones in power won't allow it to ever be fixed because it benefits them for it to stay broken.
> 1. Extreme wealth
> 2. Extreme corruption
> 3. All of the above
OK. So which of those categories did Obama fall into?
I think yours is an over-cynical take that is in fact wrong.
> The system is broken, and the ones in power won't allow it to ever be fixed because it benefits them for it to stay broken.
The system is broken, but not in the way you describe. The partisan rank-and-file demand candidates that represent the partisan faithful, not an actual majority of the country [1]. They strongly prefer zealous evangelism fantasies and judgement over representation. It's stupid and foolish, and it's how we've gotten were were are. And a lot of Democrats have responded to Trump by getting worse, instead taking a reality check and snapping out of it.
[1] And I'm not talking about some milquetoast centrism.
Clearly their proxy for pride is a bit noisy (flag outside the home) but still. And it's a jubilee year as well.
Are we really still doing the blame-shifting game? The current state of Trump related affairs belong to Trump. But sure keep using his goto blame-shifting tactics to help them achieve their divisive agenda.
Also, voters don't choose to run anyone. Not in primaries and not after one has been selected from the primary pool. The pool to pick from is formed before voters give their input.
In Canada, the right wing loves to fly lots of Canadian flags.
At the same time one of Pierre Pollievre's main slogans was "Canada is Broken".
He dropped that slogan after Trump made Canadian pride cool again, but the sentiment is still there.
News flash: other cultures are different than yours. People in them will do things that you don't do, or not do things that are extremely common to you.
I dunno about the rest of the country but take a stroll through Madrid. I have never seen so many flags on display, especially around and near a city center. The number of Spain's national and civil flags around the city and hanging off apartment balconies was surprising.
In the US flags are generally in the suburbs where the houses are (not so much apartments, leases usually prohibit it). In my experience (Texas, USA) I see more college and state flags than American.
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