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sparrow wrote:You know, my whole life I was taught to believe that the US was the leader of the free world. I believed that.
But you're not are you? The greed has infested your governments. And the racism.
Imagine. Being on the outside looking in. How do you think we see you?
It's laid bare. No water to people standing in line?
Fuck. Who came up with that?
I don't believe that any more.
sparrow wrote:That reminds me. Instead of BFCus Regularus, can I be Canadia, Kurt?
But yeah, I hear you. It's getting increasingly harder to listen to all the nonsense.
And to live it.
svizzerams wrote:sparrow wrote:You know, my whole life I was taught to believe that the US was the leader of the free world. I believed that.
But you're not are you? The greed has infested your governments. And the racism.
Imagine. Being on the outside looking in. How do you think we see you?
It's laid bare. No water to people standing in line?
Fuck. Who came up with that?
I don't believe that any more.
I believed the same. We were the 'white' hats, the good guys, the ones who looked out for others, were fair & just. Nope. Nope. Nope. I live in a state with all vote by mail balloting. We've been doing this for a couple of decades now. It works really well. Easy, convenient, secure, allows you to consider all those whacky referendums put on the ballot by the likes of Tim Eyman or the 23 different candidates for governor, counted quickly & certified within 2 weeks. Then in 2018 I learned about how ridiculous it is to vote in some other states. Watched the shenanigans by the GOP so-called leaders in some red states. Listened to pundits who actually say the quiet bit out loud (if more people vote republicans can't win, not all voters should vote etc etc). WTF America!!! I want free, fair & secure elections as much as the next person - but that isn't what many fellow citizens experience. They experience roadblocks & disincentives. When you put out one drop box for 2 million citizens? When you close polling places to force fellow citizens to wait 6-8 hrs in a line (and then later try to deny offers of food/water to make that wait more palatable). That isn't even fucking subtle. Since all national elections have some effect on my life I believe that the actual will of the people in other states be fairly decided.
I so appreciate living in a sane state when it comes to voting. In a sane state with a sane governor when it comes to Covid. At this point I'd be happy to see several state secede or better yet, my state secede along with Oregon & California, creating the new province of Canada, naming it Cascadia or Pacifica. I'm getting fed up with the growing shittiness of this country.
svizzerams wrote:I'm so close to Canada at times my cell phone switches to Rogers cell service. And yet I can't cross over. I'm really disappointed in this country at the moment. GQP (yep GQP not a typo). Fingers crossed I'll get to come to Nunavut in Sept.
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