Don’t forget the war on drugs

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    In (very) broad strokes, the US basic current modern collapse timeline is like: Nixon --> Regan --> Fairness Doctrine --> Glass-Steagall --> Patriot Act --> bank bailout --> tea party to maga --> current fubar lyfe

    goddamn fucking reagan

    • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      You don’t have citizens united in there, which I would argue is one of the largest modern causes of our current situation. Had citizens united not been vomited into the world, we might have been in a slightly better place without a decade and a half of practically unrestricted corporate propaganda shoved down our throats. I’d bet that trump wouldn’t have won in 2016 if it wasn’t for the unlimited funding he got (along with billions in free advertising from the “news” media).