• djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    It’s been my experience as an American for my entire life. Things really predictably only seem to get worse and worse.

    • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 hours ago

      My first memory of a “global event” was 9/11. Then the Patriot Act and the Iraq/Afghanistan war. Then Citizens United and single-payer ObamaCare got shutdown and I gave up on the US, put my head down and got to work on an engineering degree so I could emigrate.

      Thankfully, despite failing out and putting a total of 10 years into my 4 year degree, I graduated 2 years ago and am in a reasonable position to make that move. Leaving family and friends behind fucking sucks, but I can always come back when things simmer down, or at least provide a place to go if things don’t.