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The lunatics are running the asylum, and the good folks are just trying to hang on, til the nightmare is over.

chouchou
(2,070 posts)Supposedly (US News) The United States ranks # 3 overall and Australia comes on #5.
But, that was before this "thing" became President.
3Hotdogs
(14,310 posts)canetoad
(19,229 posts)Name one Aussie politician as bad as trump.
Joinfortmill
(18,391 posts)surfered
(7,626 posts)PatrickforB
(15,239 posts)that they are merely being used as shills for the billionaire parasites to drive wedges. If we all hate one another, after all, then the billionaires will get to keep picking our pockets and cheating us every which way but loose. I pay a lot in taxes, and it doesn't seem like I'm getting much for that because of the Wall Street corruption that has polluted DC.
Wounded Bear
(62,340 posts)Just sayin
Cha
(312,539 posts)If by "puritans" he means Vicious insane Psychotic Cult.. then Yes.
Picaro
(2,073 posts)This one hits hard. Never thought about it that way.
Theyre not perfect. But when they had a mass shooting they were rational about it. Passed laws banning assault weapons and had a gun buy back. Their nation looked into its heart and said never again. And it hasnt happened again.
I live in Texas and we had Uvalde and the response here is the elimination of red flag laws. So, of course, it will happen again.
love_katz
(3,101 posts)We got the self-righteous fundy fanatics who are perfectly willing to scapegoat and accuse others of their own wrong doing, as well as jail, torture and execute anyone who dared to disagree with their oppressive and toxic beliefs ( see the Salem witch trials, as well as other religious persecutions in our countrie's history).
I guess the descendants of people who were forced from their homelands, given mock trials and fake convictions, and then "transported" to a penal colony, still have memories passed down through the generations and are capable of choosing a bit more in the way of justice and mercy.
canetoad
(19,229 posts)Like a good deal. Very funny, thanks for posting.