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applegrove

(125,763 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2025, 01:27 AM 21 hrs ago

The America I loved is gone Stephen Marche It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

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The America I loved is gone
Stephen Marche

It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

Sun 20 Apr 2025 09.00 BST

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The America I loved is gone Stephen Marche It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered (Original Post) applegrove 21 hrs ago OP

Wow! riverbendviewgal 20 hrs ago #1

Good article. I think that the "fun" USA started dying in 2000. JanMichael 14 hrs ago #2

I would say too that Trump has lured MAGA common applegrove 4 hrs ago #3

riverbendviewgal

(4,347 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 01:52 AM

20 hrs ago

Brings back many memories. Every word in this article is true. Thanks for sharing.

JanMichael

(25,577 posts)

2. Good article. I think that the "fun" USA started dying in 2000.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 08:38 AM

14 hrs ago

At least the most recent "fun" USA. It didn't totally crap out until 2016. So it took some time unravelling.

Obviously it looks like they're 10 to 20 year periods that are "fun" followed by 10 to 20 year periods that suck.

How many people remember those "fun" gas lines back in the '70s?

Also I would say that internet bubbles aren't nearly as "fun" as in person bubbles used to be. But that's what life is becoming.

applegrove

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3. I would say too that Trump has lured MAGA common

Reply to JanMichael (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 06:38 PM

4 hrs ago

folk into his false MAGA bubble because Republicans made income inequality so bad in the last 45 years their own bubbles became painful to live in.

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