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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62976508

Just 10 years ago the US was still seen as being progressive and racism was slowly becoming a thing of the past... and not even in 10 years all the major civil rights achievements of rhe past 70 years are being thrown out so fast it is making my head spin.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being dragged kicking and screaming into making some progress is more how I would have described the political side of that though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

which still saw america as being the greatest it had ever been in 2015. the united states has been an eternal nightmare, and the fact that the people were forcing it to be better, kicking and screaming, was the tidal shift that saw the parasites clamoring for 45.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My point was more that while parts of the population might have been progressive there were very few political figures on the progressive end of the spectrum and very few political actions.

In fact in 2016 the very slightly more progressive of the two major parties in the US felt so strongly that they needed to stop progressive movements that they nominated an extremely establishment candidate (Hillary Clinton) in an election that was clearly shaping up to be an anti-establishment election despite having a popular anti-establishment progressive candidate dropped in their lap (Bernie Sanders).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

i hear you and get that's what you're saying. all i'm saying is is that in the history of america, that was the peak of compassion and patience in our system. and as you said, the corporations decided to make us choose between fascism immediately or fascism down the road. 10 years ago was the most progressive we've ever been and it was so far from good enough.