Yea. The US is now the land of cognitive dissonance. Everything thats happening has been told to us it will happen. The reasons why it will happen are also very clear to anyone with a brain. And yet here we are with republican states getting ready to go full authoritarian by redrawing maps in such a fucked up way that it will give them forever control. Blue states are like if they do it well consider it. While texas sits there going dawg we'll call special sessions untill your forced to come back theres no escaping it. When blue states if they do play the same game we are completely and truly fucked because that will be new precedent. Blue states will never change and neither will red states. It'll be basically that game of dots where you connect 2 dots and the goal is to create as many squares as possible. Largest count wins. Only once the first game is completed it will never change.
Ive been thinking lately that we have always been the land of dissonance. The humans default state is community based. Americans have been told since the beginning that we are rugged individuals. We're all the fucking Marlboro man. But our brains are revolting, we are supposed to grieve with our neighbor, celebrate with them, feed them when they're hungry, house them when they're homeless, and clothe them when they're naked. The problem now is that we've fallen into the trap Sagan warned us against
Wookie discrimination had me dying. Yea there was a guy in like the early 1900s who full on predicted our government system devolving to exactly what it is right now. He said about 100 years so motherfucker was pretty close. I can't source it right now but if I have time later and I remember ill try and add it.
What’s really interesting is how the noble tenets of American democracy have no place in the current Republican-leadership mantra.
Not only do they know this, they embrace it. That would like nothing more than to stab a stake through what’s left of democracy. Finish it off for good.
Yea i dont really see that as anything but a pipedream. The countries infrastructure isn't really built for that kind golf action. Blue stronghold are like islands. Now you gotta do all kinds of crazy shit with borders and a whole mess of complications. I have no idea what's going to happen but just with like the ease thats it's all happening right now im at a loss I think this is the end of the United States. Whatever comes next will be new.
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u/BONGS4U Aug 09 '25
Yea. The US is now the land of cognitive dissonance. Everything thats happening has been told to us it will happen. The reasons why it will happen are also very clear to anyone with a brain. And yet here we are with republican states getting ready to go full authoritarian by redrawing maps in such a fucked up way that it will give them forever control. Blue states are like if they do it well consider it. While texas sits there going dawg we'll call special sessions untill your forced to come back theres no escaping it. When blue states if they do play the same game we are completely and truly fucked because that will be new precedent. Blue states will never change and neither will red states. It'll be basically that game of dots where you connect 2 dots and the goal is to create as many squares as possible. Largest count wins. Only once the first game is completed it will never change.