i don't think it'll be one big moment, but a prolonged slide Archived Message
Posted by VIV on November 7, 2023, 14:32:16, in reply to "When its written, what will be the date to which America 'jumped the shark'?"
Losing in Vietnam was a huge turning point because it showed our military is not invincible, even against a small force. -Watergate forever put a crack in the nation's trust of its president. -Columbine and the coverage of it spawned dozens of copycat public mass shootings. -The proliferation of social media forever made us more callous and absolutist in our communication with each other and the weaponized politicization of disinformation within it has made basic facts no longer commonly agreed upon. -Electing Trump has to be added, both for the groundswell of populist fascism, and for the erosion (or complete obliteration) of basic tenets of democracy like a peaceful transition of power and acceptance of elections. Trump wasn't an anomaly, though. He was a byproduct of decades of the long slide.
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- I give up. Let’s just elect Trump again so he can destroy the country and we get it over with. - doubledown November 7, 2023, 11:12:48
- When its written, what will be the date to which America 'jumped the shark'? - timmer November 7, 2023, 12:58:05
- Cubs winning the World Series (in 2016, the first two championships didn't register).* - Warrin'_Illini November 7, 2023, 15:20:18
- April 30, 2003, the day Illinois hired Bruce Weber* - HamptonSki November 7, 2023, 15:13:54
- Bush v. Gore - DT November 7, 2023, 14:45:51
- Citizens United. * - assassin November 7, 2023, 14:41:42
- when we went off the gold standard, duh* - ECEIllinois November 7, 2023, 14:32:45
- i don't think it'll be one big moment, but a prolonged slide - VIV November 7, 2023, 14:32:16
- The day Reagan got elected* - longsnapper November 7, 2023, 13:57:47
- I want to try an alternate timeline where simply John McCain doesn’t choose Sarah Palin - meanjeans November 7, 2023, 13:08:17
- case could be made for the Kennedy assassination - Sammich November 7, 2023, 13:04:20
- the day FB allowed non-college students to join - IlliniSax05 November 7, 2023, 12:59:16
- related, why is Tik Tok legal again? - bigbop85 November 7, 2023, 12:33:13
- Absolutely dumbfounded one would even joke about this * - illini thunder November 7, 2023, 12:19:21
- Just voted against Scalia's daughter in our local school board race. She poured tons of $ into it... - LeatherneckIllini November 7, 2023, 11:59:04
- Would love to see our first coup if and when he is elected - timmer November 7, 2023, 11:57:06
- "Simply send me 50 dollars for my book: 'How to Get People to Send You 50 Dollars For A Book'"* - Sammich November 7, 2023, 11:24:00
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