Dare ObasanjoAug 5, 2023

During the pandemic we had tele-health, UBI via stimulus checks, employers supporting work from home and practically eliminated the flu because people wore masks in crowded places.

We really touched greatness and gave it all away to return to the status quo.

Show threadja2ui0Aug 5, 2023

@carnage4life We got SO CLOSE. Utopia almost seemed within reach.

Jeff and Mark don't want you to rest assured that the potential for freedom exists. It's important that we all understand our places.

Some say the older you get, the more conservative. My experience has been the opposite. If getting older means getting more selfish, I'll stay a young man. Thanks.

Show threadRod_Rescueman
@jq @carnage4life I see it a little differently - the more wealth one amasses, the more conservative they become. That it also correlates with age is coincidental. And within my somewhat limited purview, that transcends other demographics… of those bipoc I’ve encountered with moderate wealth, they are nearly all on the ‘fiscally conservative’ spectrum - because as one amasses wealth, greed takes over, and people want to hoard it in excess. The most surreal convo I ever had was ->>
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Show threadRod_RescuemanAug 5, 2023
@jq @carnage4life ->> w a moderately wealthy black man who was a Vietnam vet, member of wounded warriors, son of a man who was lynched in Hiram GA, union factory worker, yet was a Republican and magat supporter in the Deep South. I was completely gobsmacked at the things he said. By all accounts he should be the polar opposite.