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Barmoley's avatar

Niall have not said we are there already, but the striking analysis he provides gives me shivers and I can attest, being over there for the good part of my life, to the actual similarities. The deaths of despair are attributed to the people without college education? This is exactly what author is pointing to-the huge gap between elite and working people. If in previous time periods these people worked for the big corporations and received benefits as pensions, GOOD medical insurances, paid for graduate degrees. Now these benefits disappeared or are greatly diminished.

There is consensus among older immigrants from USSR (not Russai) to the growing similarities. You say the number of transgender's is STILL small? But look how it increased over the last ten years. In 2021, about 42,000 children and teens across the United States received a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, nearly triple the number in 2017. This is after European countries: Netherlands, Sweden, England practically shutdown their gender clinics. But here it become broad network with the vast financial interested and ideological war cry for Democrats. Our justice system became unaffordable for the most of American population and too busy with the cases based on ideology. In fact, it is the worst fear of Américains to be suid.by somebody with deeper pockets or by some deep packet organization. Again, we are not there but we are certainly on the wrong path.

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Matt Mullen's avatar

That sounds exactly like what a Russian bot or troll would say.

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Barmoley's avatar

O man, and where did you find Russian propaganda here? Check your logical abilities. I think its very seriously screwd up

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Matt Mullen's avatar

Well, Russian trolls want Americans to lose trust in our system. You are arguing that we are right not to trust our system––that it is failing. And I detect a Russian accent in your writing.

Btw, the party that does the most to help the workers is the Democratic Party. The only thing the right has ever done is support the ownership class with tax cuts and deregulation and anti-union legislation.

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Barmoley's avatar

So, If I run from the Soviet Union 40 years ago I am Russian troll? Wow, this is really twisted logic. It reminds me how some countries put refugees from Nazi Germany in the camps. I trust USA can and wish to fix the problems we have. Exactly what Niall is pointing to. But I and my fellows immigrants from USSR observing current tendences in USA, thanks to your "liberal" friends agitate for and Biden administration willingly follows, move toward Socialism. We are scared to death of Socialism, we put trust into civilized capitalism and if needed will fight for it. Nial give statistics on the attitude of the elite. Read it again. Their attitude is against our system. I confirmed facts in addition to Niall information about our institutions moving toward socialistic values. Please go, splash cold water in your face, come to your senses. Oh yes, how did you manage to detect Russian accent in my writing. Could it be Polish or Lithuanian or Ukranian or Romanian? It seems you are not very educated person regarding geography, social systems and different attitudes in general.

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