Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)
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brightpilot6 said:I’ve found myself wondering more than once what might happen if an average person just finally snapped, driven to some sort of extreme act by the sheer desperation of living in this dysfunctional country. Imagine a guy traveling all the way from a city like Seattle up to D.C., carrying a cross on his back, only to be met by some bloated, corrupt 🙏🙏
The real issue isn't just why there's money for fighter jets but none for sick children. I suppose you have to have the planes, one way or another. But the real question is how there is enough capital to fund constant theft, laziness, and pure wastefulness, yet somehow there’s nothing left for the kids? Or even for those new jets we keep hearing about.
Honestly, if someone here actually set themselves on fire like that monk in Vietnam, it wouldn't move the needle for anyone. It’s just not like things in Istanbul or during the era of the partisans and fascists.
Meanwhile, this is how things look in slightly less messed up parts of the European Union: