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The myth of checks and balances.
The myth of (checks notes) every single admirable or positive aspect I was raised to believe was true about our system of government and our values as a nation.
I'm in my 50s. Somewhere WAY down the list of shit that I'm absolutely furious about is that I can no longer pretend that a single thing about US values or the resilient and balanced design of our government has turned out to be true.
Every single thing that has ever benefitted non-wealthy non-white non-male non-straight or non-cis people in the US has been hard won with blood over decades or centuries. And we're well on the way to undoing nearly all of those after not even two months of a despot in office.
Every thing I have ever been taught about what made the US great or special or even good has been a lie. It's very plain to see now. It turns out we had some elected people superficially following the rules, and that was really the only thing keeping it all together.
hijacks thread
Whoa. Instance switch? Or impostor? 🤔
No really, I am. 😆
But I'm kinda flattered that you recognized my username.
This account still exists because I want to sort through and preserve some saved threads and other stuff.
Gotcha. No harm in keeping it alive as a backup, either. A lot of us have multiples for variety of reasons. Unless there was some drama that I missed, in which case, do whatever you need to. I think slrpnk will be a good fit either way 👍
No particular drama, mostly that being a member of .ml sends a message that I'm generally not trying to send, and through no fault of anyone at .ml I just kinda got tired of having to deal with that from time to time.
edited to add - I'm also not a communist, which didn't really seem to bother anyone at .ml, but that's all wrapped up in the whole "unintentional messaging" thing.
Is there a reason you aren't a communist?
Are you a capitalist?