Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoMake no mistake, my whole life has just been me watching america circle the drain.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down125
arrow-up1311arrow-down1imageMake no mistake, my whole life has just been me watching america circle the drain.lemmy.worldClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareBrandonazz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 day agoAlso it was because we didn’t do reconstruction, which was because the landowners were too strong. And the landowners were too strong in the 1860s because of compromise in the 18th century, on account of their ancestors being too strong. Actually, come to think of it, aren’t those the same people that elected Nixon, Reagan, and Bush? Perhaps it’s not so much that history repeats itself as that we have had the same intractable problem for hundreds of years: aristocrats.
minus-squareHasturInYellow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoFeed all oppressors to the Almighty Meat Grinder!
Also it was because we didn’t do reconstruction, which was because the landowners were too strong.
And the landowners were too strong in the 1860s because of compromise in the 18th century, on account of their ancestors being too strong.
Actually, come to think of it, aren’t those the same people that elected Nixon, Reagan, and Bush?
Perhaps it’s not so much that history repeats itself as that we have had the same intractable problem for hundreds of years: aristocrats.
Feed all oppressors to the Almighty Meat Grinder!