this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2025
1366 points (100.0% liked)

People Twitter

7599 readers
109 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.
  6. Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 week ago (16 children)

I want politicians focused on who they can help more than who they can hurt. Like fundamentally, ignoring all of modern politics, thats what healthy societies are supposed to look like.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (8 children)

It still works that way in a lot of places. The US has definitely lost its way a long time ago though.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (6 children)

How sweet that you think the US ever had its way.

Skipping the obvious bullshit of the last 25 years, there was Anita Hill, and Rodney King, Reaganomics, Reagan racism, Nancy "I don't give a fuck about this until it affects me" Reagan, then Kent State and our military just straight up murdering our kids, Nixon, CIA killings of prominent activists, murder of a president, McCarthyism, that whole anti-immigration/racism era where white Americans rammed god and their view of patriotism in everything (people today STILL think those things were there since the beginning), union and strike busting, child labor, failed reconstruction era, more president's killed, "compromises" over fucking slavery, wannabe King Jackson not giving a shit about other human beings nor any possible check on power or anyone else's ideas, a fucking Vice President shot a guy (the first time), begging the first president to be King, and failed attempts at presidency and democracy before that (pre-constitution).

I really glossed over a lot too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I tried to read it to the tune of we didn't start the fire, and it kinda works you just gotta put some flavour in it and you can be the next weird Al

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)
load more comments (13 replies)