• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I politically matured during the Bush II years. I don’t ever remember being relaxed about politics.

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      I was relaxed about politics through the '90s because we had a Democrat president, a budget that was not just balanced but had an actual fucking surplus (there were actual debates about what to spend the surplus on), and a vice president that looked like a sure shot to continue control of the white house and who actually understood technology and was concerned about the environment. And then I woke up the morning after the 2000 election and realized what a complete shit show our country had become.