What is your opinion on the state of the U.S.? How do you feel about the direction the country is heading? Maybe what do you think are the biggest challenges facing the U.S. government right now?
I know I know cookie cutter questions but I need to be on neutral ground while listening.
the only things i could find in US history that came close to the gilded age was the roaring 20s, post-ww2 golden era, and the internet boom.
but i think the internet boom was the most beneficial since the gilded age only benefited the wealthy elites who could afford to industrialize. the internet boom benefited nearly everyone. its the era where a lot of people rose to the status of "New Money" due to the low start up cost for online businesses. the only way i can think of where this current age would be close to gilded would be if there is substatial financial benefits to all the AI and data centers that were invested.
A lot of people are too stupid and ignorant to even know or understand what the Gilded Age was
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at least you even tried to understand. your officially better than half the US population
I thought it was just some slang term being used again and not a historic piece lol
the confusion probably comes from basically every city in europe having had a "golden age" at some point in history
thats what made me confused at least, since gilded age in that context sounds like it should be positive, when the reality is anything but
They've developed a missile with a range of 6,000km in Türkiye? Okay, that's something to be proud of, but why is so much investment still being made in military projects when the economy, education, and justice system are in such a bad state? (Am I missing something?)
People that call for political violence need the thing they advocate for happen to themselves.
why the downvotes, anon is right
if you want to kill, you need to be prepared to die. so often i see Americans in media advocating for violence and revolution, but they never do it themselves. They sit in their cushy luxery houses, making tiktoks, and convincing the stupid masses to fight, get arrested, and shot on their behalf. then they will parade the deaths they caused as martyrs to escalate.
The general hostility, violent attitude and lack of decorum in the curren political discourse drives people into picking a "tribe" and sticking with it until the end. In a way the political landscape is devolving into tribal warfare.
heres my conspiracy take:
all the threats of violence against trump and members of the right wing party are intentionally left alone so that violence can escalate. The government knew about the assassination attempts but did not do anything until it is already happening. that way they can slowly villainize the left as violent extremists. All they need is one tragic event like a bombing where hundreds die, and then the American government would have full support of the people to brand democrats as terrorists and/or declare martial law.
my reasoning:
i looked into the assassination attempts on Obama and Biden. Theyve had a lot of assassination attempts, however nearly all of them were people who were arrested for simply PLANNING and COORDINATING the potential assassination online. Almost none of them managed to carry it out. The US government has the resources to stop them before they happen, but are choosing not to.
The same is for the ICE protests in LA and Minnesota. that white lesbian who got shot for hitting an officer with her car, she already had a criminal record for violence at previous protests yet she was still let free.
There are hundred and hundreds of people online who openly talk about wanting to kill Trump or how to do it, yet the the US government does nothing about them
Are you sure it's not that they've been driving out and replacing competent people with loyal ones? Don't attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity, especially with this very, very stupid administration.
Well atleast you have a good side for politics, But yeah they do seem way too fixated on finding loyalty than actual brains and its been showing recently especially with Removing the voting rights act of 1965.
some instances maybe. but the american right party are a lot less hesitant about using violence than the left. if the roles were swapped then you might have a point, because the american left's biggest weakness and the reason why they lost the election is their constant hesitation of optics and choking bureaucracy. the republicans care very little about optics (because lets face it, its trump, the reputation was always going to be near zero so dont even bother) and function off of the american mentality of "shoot first, apologize later". its the mentality that got them to attack Venezuela and Iran.
what the fuck, an actual good take from this pdf? Yeah I think we are overestimating these people they dead ass have podcasters and youtubers in positions of power I dont think they are very smart
lets not forget trump appointed erika kirk to the United States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors.
consider both, at the same time that competent people are taken out for being too good, and loyal dumb people are put in their places, everything must be taken with a grain of salt of it just being a political move, this makes Trump look better, and the opposition worse
it takes one right winger actually hitting the bullseye and then surredering to throw Republicians' entire case against Democrats out the window
they'll literally have a short circuit moment and won't know who to blame without receiving backlash tenfold of what they intend to do
how often do you see republicans wanting to kill trump or right wing members? if anything, i think they are actively stopping potential assassins from right wing people but doing it under the radar to prevent news coverage.
every protest or act of violence by left wing people are intentionally left alone so that they would be comfortable with escalation. and the people on this site actively cheering for violence are part of the problem
were fucked and weve always been fucked.
doesnt the recent repeal of the voting rights act of 1965 go against the 15th amendment?
Wait whats that voting rights act of 1965?
(Dont clown on me I never did well in history class ngl.)
in 1965, the US passed a law that banned all acts of prevention on black voters, such as:
- ending the literacy test that most black people were not equipped to pass
- ending the poll tax that most black people could not afford
- demanding all states to require federal permission to implement any new voting law
Except for that last part that seems reasonable it just sounds like outdated stuff. In this day and age of 2026 being poor is caused by being a bum and not working. And education is also widely available (like really do we want someone voting that still cant read after being forced through years of school).
yea cuz why the FUCK are we repealing acts that literally ENFORCE the values the COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON AND WE FOUGHT A WAR OVER
How do people keep missing their fucking shots.
Its not like hes a small target to hit or anything 💔
Because americans like to pretend they're tough and that they're good with guns, every american stores their gun in their basement never to be touched, the government will just switch your water off when it needs compliance
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I laugh at Americans for how shit their politics are knowing my country is equally bad