DonQuixokieMay 13, 2024
Robert Reich
America’s second civil war? It’s already begun https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-second-civil-war-has-already?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
America’s second civil war? It’s already begun

If Trump is elected, he’ll make it worse

Robert Reich
May 13, 2024 at 8:08amWeb
Show threadBradcopterMay 13, 2024

@rbreich on a similar topic

https://gen.medium.com/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc

I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There - GEN

I lived through the end of a civil war — I moved back to Sri Lanka in my twenties, just as the ceasefire fell apart. Do you know what it was like for me? Quite normal. I went to work, I went out, I…

GEN
Show threadChrisMay 13, 2024
@rbreich my Gen Z children don’t think there is a future in the USA for them. They believe that there are to many guns, and believe that it’s not right that peoples rights are being taken away. Yes they have been voting since they were eligible.
Show threadenoch_exe_incMay 13, 2024
@rbreich Fortunately, land doesn’t vote. You can take ‘em.
Show threadFeralRobotsMay 13, 2024
@enoch_exe_inc @rbreich
I hear this a lot. It assumes voting will continue to matter.
Show threadDan Neuman 🇨🇦May 13, 2024
@enoch_exe_inc @rbreich I was just thinking that. And urban centres like Austin, Texas or Boulder, Colorado aren't going to be helping the red states.
Show threadMad Dog Ace RunMay 13, 2024
@rbreich
Thank the "electoral college", the last remaining vestige of slavery...
Show threadBc Clarity Carlton-MartinMay 13, 2024
@rbreich I do feel under siege by a coming wave of fascism enabled by fear and ignorance enabled by monopoly media #CitizensUnited #SCOTUS and paranoia post pandemic (sic)
Show threadBc Clarity Carlton-MartinMay 13, 2024
@rbreich Idaho is not Blue
Show thread_nikk_matic_May 13, 2024
@rbreich It started with Jim Crow, faded just a smidge and came roaring back with and after Reagan.