MicroWaveMar 10

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

https://lemmy.world/post/44073875

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump - Lemmy.World

Standing alongside his son’s Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. He had voted for President Donald Trump in the last election. He believed Trump had strengthened the economy in his first term, and he wanted more of that. “I thought that he was going to bring some of those things back,” said Castillo, a 43-year-old factory worker. And now? “He said he was going to bring gas down, but the war in Iran is now making everything worse.” It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in the wallet and aggravating people across the political spectrum.

Show threadTrollTrollrolllolMar 10
Every single Republican that has been in office since I was born has started a war in the middle east. Every. Single. One. Anyone who didn’t see this coming is just a fucking moron.
Show threadTujioMar 10
Every single republican president in my lifetime has left office to a recession. Yet the average person is so brainwashed by corporate media that almost everybody thinks that conservatives are good for the economy.
Show threadTrollTrollrolllol
The bottom line is they hate the United States and the Constitution. If they had their way back in the 1700’s we’d still be paying taxes to the king of England. I like to remind them that during the revolution the Founding Fathers would have been called radical left lunatics by the conservatives of the day.
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Show threadTranscendentalEmpireMar 10

I disagree, it’s just a divergence in belief in what America truly is. The sad fact is that their portrayal of America may be closer to the truth.

America was primarily built by rum running slave owners who hated paying taxes. It was founded by rich men to protect the interest of rich men, and not a lot has changed over time.

I like to remind them that during the revolution the Founding Fathers would have been called radical left lunatics by the conservatives of the day.

Maybe if you only read the popular history about people like Benjamin Franklin or Hamilton. In reality most of the founding fathers would be seen as rabid libertarians by today’s means. Some of their ideas about religion would seem liberal, but you would have to ignore issues like slavery, the brutality towards native populations, women’s suffrage, voting rights for the poor, and taxation to label them as leftist in general.

Show threadTrollTrollrolllolMar 10
I feel that you probably agree with the sentiment but you just want to say well achtshually
Show threadTranscendentalEmpireMar 11
I think it’s an important distinction. They loath the general population of America, but love America as a country because it facilitates their wealth.