• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    “That’s why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

    George Carlin

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      A classic, and y’all know he’s snickering wherever he is.

      Also, the Golden Age fallacy is real, and yet belief in it has been a cornerstone of every exploitation of the masses since the goddamn dawn of civilization.

      A person can be smart, but people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it. ✊🏽

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    3 days ago

    The older I get the more I have come to understand the america I love never existed. I do have hope that it can still yet be built.