@alphanerd4M to US Authoritarianism • 2 months agoSometimes You Don’t Get to Have Elders. In Their Place, Vicious Old People.imagemessage-square55arrow-up1676arrow-down127
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•2 months agoYou grew up thinking Reagan was normal. He wasn’t.
minus-square@Stovetoplink10•2 months agoI wasn’t around for Reagan, I was a Bush Sr. Baby. I grew up thinking George W. Bush was fucked up as soon as I was old enough to have some semblance of political consciousness.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoWhen I saw people treating him seriously after playing Fighter Pilot Barbie I knew things were going to go downhill fast.
I was a kid in 2000.
That’s when it really veered off course.
You grew up thinking Reagan was normal. He wasn’t.
I wasn’t around for Reagan, I was a Bush Sr. Baby.
I grew up thinking George W. Bush was fucked up as soon as I was old enough to have some semblance of political consciousness.
When I saw people treating him seriously after playing Fighter Pilot Barbie I knew things were going to go downhill fast.