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The United States is currently in disarray. Many are unhappy with the current administration’s policies, particularly on immigration, healthcare, federal spending, and foreign policy, among others. 

But unless you live in the country, you don’t get to see what goes on beyond media reports. So, in a recent Reddit thread, people openly discussed some pressing issues they believe the rest of the world should be made aware of.

Scroll down to see what came up, and feel free to join in on the discussion through the comments section below.

#1

What's going on in America is a lot of stuff that is reminiscent of late 1920s/early 1930s Germany.

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Space Invader
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh come on, it's not like you have some sort of secret police that doesn't have to justify their action, can strike anytime, anywhere against pretty much anyone, travels in secret vehicles and takes you away into inhuman prisons with little to no legal recourse...

JB
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're forgetting the threats of territorial expansion. I don't want an Anschluss Kanadische, you all better go out and vote in these midterms or they're might not be a Canada or a Greenland left, and you'll be fighting an insurgency while saddled with debt you cannot afford.

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Breadcrumb.
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes yes! Louder! It's okay to punch Nazis!

Lawrence Newcomer
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Said by a person that has absolutely no clue about history or about current political affairs. Sad part is that this person is allowed to vote

Earonn -
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2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but we've been telling the Americans this for the past 5 years and apparently nobody cared much about it. If anything, I got replies like "You're hysterical", or "Shut up, N**i" (because I'm German). And so far, the USA has not White Rose (aka resistance), no Stauffenberg - what do they expect, for others to come and solve their problem?

Zephyr343
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Poland better watch out then

Did I say that out loud?
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poland is safe for now. He's too interested in Colombia and Greenland at the moment.

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    #2

    A really dumb fake federal agency called DOGE took a hacksaw to all real federal US government agencies and fired a bunch of federal employees. Now those positions are being rehired by private companies as contractor jobs and the position is being paid more money. Thus, costing the government more money. DOGE was an absolute scam and a way to privatize government jobs.

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    Tamra
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During the time Doge was active, the national debt rose by over two trillion dollars. I mean, that's f*cking wild. In less than a year, the Trump administration ADDED almost $3 trillion to the debt. Why? For what purpose? Because I promise the American people aren't seeing any benefit at all.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the things was that they got their hands on the government databases

    Lil be lil
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And made it hackable for Russia and China.

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    Lil be lil
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had to do that so that the newly unemployed would now seek employment as ICE officers. Real f*****g heroes, do you not see the ads on national t.v? /s

    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DOGE by name dodgy by nature!

    Lawrence Newcomer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's funny how this idiot thinks that a president that was in office for less than a month can actually raise the debt. Only the two houses can raise the debt. The president can only sign or veto spending bills. Too bad this idiot ,with no concept of how the government works, can mouth off like they know anything. Very sad

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago

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    Probably something to do with cutting benefits

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrong. They increased the benefits for the rich.

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    #3

    I thought Project 2025 was a conspiracy theory until I read it. It's not, unfortunately. They've already implemented about 50% of it, and it's honestly terrifying. If this administration isn't stopped soon, we're completely screwed. If you're not a rich white person, you're seriously screwed. Or white and poor.

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    WindySwede
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should be higher..

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you get me to Sweden? Oh, what does it even matter now. That piece of shít has fúcked the world. I am so very despondent.

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    JB
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to voooooote! Take them down in the midterms, else get ready for Glorious Leader Trump running for a third term.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a white person adopted at birth into a Hispanic family (all of whom live in Southern California or Texas), I expect every single day to wake up to hear that some member of my family has been taken in by ICE. All of my currently-living family members were born in the US, but we've obviously seen that that is NO protection. It is terrifying to be so scared for your family members while simultaneously knowing that your OWN skin and hair color will protect you.

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If Elaine Miles (played Marilyn on Northern Exposure) can be questioned and detained by ICE, that just shows that ICE are too stupid to know what they are looking for and are going strictly on pigmentation.

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some conspiracy theories aren't just theories.

    keyboardtek
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a group of liberals formulated a plan to dismantled democracy and take over the government they would have been thrown in prison for sedition and conspiracy to overthrow the USA. But that is exactly what the Heritage Foundation has done and is actively completing. We are unlikely to have any semblance of democracy left in a couple of years even if democrats get re-elected. The Heritage Foundation has been planning this since they advised Ronald Reagan.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bits I read leading up to the election sounded very familiar because I've been hearing it for 30 years.

    Robert Millar
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    History books 2060 will record that an emergency prompted by a false flag operation prevented midterm voting...

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait till you read Project 2026.

    Lil be lil
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're white And poor you're Not screwed??

    Luke || Kira (he/she)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of people would deny it, but being a white cis-heterosexual person helps immensely even when you're under the poverty line.

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    #4

    Man in handcuffs sitting at a table illustrating the pressing issues plaguing America at the moment. The Epstein files is a really big deal: Absolutely nobody will be held to real account for decades of crimes against over a thousand victims.

    We're all the way in a dictatorship. That's the part people are missing. We're not sliding, we slid. It happened.

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    Space Invader
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is an aspect of Epstein that terrifies me: People like him are inevitable as long as there are ultra-rich people around. People with too much money run out of things to buy too quickly. They bore of things they can easily get, and buying "normal" things is beneath them - what's the use of being rich if you live like a normo? So they start to crave hard-to-get, forbidden things. Hunt endangered species, lust for s*x with "inappropriate partners" - just do things because they shouldn't. We seriously underestimate the dangers of true decadence.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a two tiered legal system. They had Epstein in 2009 but he got a sweetheart plea deal.

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    keyboardtek
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We can arrest a corrupt president of a foreign country but not arrest the corrupt president of our own country. Don't forget, this has all been brought to you by Republicans and right wing media moguls!

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was anyone punished that was tied to Jimmy Savile?

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does that have to do with anything? They are/were not in comparable positions of power.

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    Jeff Hunt
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just like the Panama Papers.

    Earonn -
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like usual: as soon as thre ra.pists are dead their crimes will be "found out", everyone will be "shocked" and - that's it. They will be allowed to live out their lives in luxury and fun because our society doesn't give a real fvck about rap.ed girls, if the ra.pists are rich and preferably white. We should burn these men alive, but THEN the police would wake up and come after us. Because harming a ra.pist is worse than ra.ping a child.

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    #5

    Woman in white lab coat working in a modern laboratory, symbolizing pressing issues plaguing America at the moment. The complete erosion of trust in science based medicine. And the utter lack of unbiased main stream media reporting. These are not great signs for the future of a democracy… we’ve seen where that road goes….

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    SouthernGal
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Thanks RFK - such a buffoon.

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's a dangerous, insane, stupid piece of shít. But that pretty much describes the whole current administration.

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    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything is regressing and i want to cry but I just can't anymore.

    Tamra
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cancer research funding has been drastically cut. Vaccines have been undermined. Environmental protections have been gutted, so more sick people on the way. Rural hospitals are suffering and closing. Massive cuts to Medicaid. All in one year at the whims of one man, while Congress sits back and watches.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the first time I saw a Flat Earther on CNN. That was twenty years ago. I couldn't believe someone would be so foolish to believe the Earth was flat. I believe those people exist now. Jesus do I believe they're real now and they are really stupid.

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh Ray, I completely understand. I have no idea how some people can believe what they do, and I feel like early indoctrination is only a small percentage of the reason.

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    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we can't teach media literacy well in schools because politically it's, "indoctrinating the children!"

    Anony Mouse
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This comment section gives me the hope I lose whenever pseudoscience like chiropractics and acupuncture comes up in this board and the idiots come out in full force like “Durr! It works! It good science!”

    BarfyCat
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disagree about the media bit. If you read newspapers or listen to your news on NPR, rather than watch it on TV, you'll be fine.

    Auntriarch
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I heard that the BBC had cut together one of trump's speeches to make it sound worse than it was, I cried. That's not the BBC I grew up listening to.

    Did I say that out loud?
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know exactly how you feel. But the real irony is that with the stuff he comes out with, they really didn't need to do that in the first place.

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    Lawrence Newcomer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The erosion od science can only be blamed on the scientist themselves. Name one science that hasn't been proven wrong and revised in the past 100 years. Science proved that cigarettes were good for your health, that sugar was the healthiest replacement for fat, that human evolved directly from monkeys, that lead was great for skin care and make up,that asbestos was the miracle mineral, all proven by science,nothing to do with the government or Trum0

    Lyone Fein
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unbiased reporting hasn’t been seen in the US since the Vietnam War.

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    #6

    Cozy suburban American house with front porch and greenery, symbolizing pressing housing issues plaguing America at the moment. Private equity firms buying tens of thousands of single-family homes to turn them into permanent rental properties.

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    Breadcrumb.
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't it great to be living in the future, where the land is all claimed and the weapons are nuclear.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I know not the weapons of World War Three will be fought. But I know the next war will be fought with sticks and stones." Albert Einstein.

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    DH
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Problem is that rich people have so much money to spend and they already own all the commercial and apartment buildings. Now they have to start buying private homes and farms.

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait until they buy up all the retirement and nursing homes

    George D
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have one house in our cul-de-sac that is owned by one of these equity firms. New tenant every year since they are looking for a home themselves and move out. So, here we are, everyone 20+ years living here except for this one house with transient dwellers.

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a capitalist society this totally makes sense. Many people want this even if they don't realize it. This is capitalism. It is a broken system that makes no sense when you think about it for a moment.

    Lawrence Newcomer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it's the people that are selling the houses, not the private equity firms. The "people" selling for only profit. The private equity firms wouldn't exist without greedy Americans

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    #7

    Modern data center with rows of servers and blinking lights illustrating pressing issues plaguing America’s technology infrastructure. Data center going to steal your water and electricity.  Guess who will pay? You. They will get handouts from your wallet.

    East_Rub3528 , Alex Shuper Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't wait for the AI bubble to burst.

    Bobby
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think it will. What will happen is fundamentally different computational models will come out that think like ai better than traditional CPU/GPU models do at a fraction the energy cost. Lots of promise in neuromorophic computing for much of what we use AI for (pattern recognition and visual inputs)

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    Savannah greenleaf
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are also messing up water supplies where we get drinking water.

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rich people need AI to hopefully get more rich. Eff everyone else! That is our society.

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    Bubblebee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. And yet, everyone is using AI, everyone is watching YT, everyone is participating in this environment-eating monster called social media, and so many people are consuming like crazy. Data centers, mining crypto, using sites like BP - where is the electricity coming from? How is all of this kept cool? We've just seen a white elephant article on BP, right?Mass producing junk that ends up on dump sites faster than you can say "trendy", buying new devices all the time, streaming and being connected 24/7... We are doomed. What is worse, we've doomed so many other species as well...

    Mark Fergel
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Virginia, which is seeing the largest number of data centers being built, the Governor already gave them a tax exemption through 2050.

    Lawrence Newcomer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the local city counsels approve the zoning permits, and the local people approve of their decisions by voting for them

    #8

    Man sitting indoors with hands covering face, illustrating America pressing issues and personal struggles at the moment. I would warn generally about all of it.

    I’m visiting the US right now, my home, after being abroad for 11 of the last 15 years. I have not lived here since 2019. Believe me when I tell you that it has never felt to me more like a society in decline. Prices are ridiculous for everything. American advertising is this bizarre cavalcade of dystopia that feels like it’s simultaneously in deep denial about and aggressively selling itself. Everyone on the street looks fat, sick, or fake. My close friend recently had an ICE raid happen at the Home Depot around the corner from their house. Commerce seems to have devolved into clusters of new construction with the same 12 corporate businesses, surrounded on all sides by crumbling old shuttered buildings. To repeat— EVERYTHING is ridiculously expensive. The average item costs more than twice what it used to only a few years ago. It seems impossible that people can survive here, let alone thrive. If America was my cousin and I was visiting, I’d be telling my other relatives in hushed whispers about how concerned I was.

    rasmuseriksen , christopher lemercier Report

    Colleen Glim
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US is on the verge of imploding. It’s not if, it’s when

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It needs to implode, so we can build something better than a consumer/capitalist hell scape.

    Sam Trudeau
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to my dad's friend, they carry whistles for the raiders. They used to have an app before the government shoved their hands up the system

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's all fine and good but you left like 8,000 things out. 🤣😢

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man wants chaos. In fact, he's got to have it. Depression, strife, riots, m****r. All this dread. We're irresistibly drawn to that almost orgiastic state created out of death and destruction. It's in all of us. We revel in it. Sure, the media tries to put a sad face on these things, painting them up as great human tragedies; but we all know the function of the media has never been to eliminate the evils of the world, no! Their job is to persuade us to accept those evils and get used to living with them. The powers that be want us to be passive observers. And they haven't given us any other options outside the occasional, purely symbolic, participatory act of voting. "You want the puppet on the right, or the puppet on the left?"

    Lawrence Newcomer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the first time in recorded history and a mostly usa centered event, where the supposed "poor" are obese or morbidly obese, and you can't blame anyone other than those that put the junk food in their own mouths and their children's mouths

    Lyone Fein
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Covid somehow made everything really expensive.

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    #9

    Person sitting on sidewalk in cold weather highlighting pressing issues plaguing America with homelessness and poverty. Housing is unaffordable, and one can become homeless at the drop of a hat.

    WittyClerk , Ev Report

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about insurance being unaffordable? Not just medical

    Laserleader
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can afford to get insurance, I just cant afford to use it.

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    Lil be lil
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a brother retired who is homeless and still works because he has to, so he can afford the occasional motel room besides sleeping in his car! Also the upkeep of car, insurance and of course the ever popular Storage Units! All that still less than renting a decent apartment.

    K Barnes
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your story makes me think of my brother, who makes minimum wage working part time and lives in poverty. He's not saving for retirement at all (he can't, he doesn't make enough to live on) and his government pension won't be close to enough to live on... I'm so worried about him. Hopefully his kids end up in a place where they can help him out.

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    Lyone Fein
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in urban areas is always way more expensive than rural living.

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    #10

    Person in white shirt holding a clear glass of water, symbolizing one of the pressing issues plaguing America today. More people than you think are struggling with getting fresh clean water. Trump vetoed a bill to bring clean water to southeastern Colorado in retaliation for keeping one of his allies in jail/possibly against Boebert for going against him. The Navajo Nation was basically told it has no right to have water provided to it. Flint took over 10 years to replace the lead pipes. Climate change will be making things worse in the southwest.

    Available_Panic_275 , Lia Bekyan Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clean water will be the true challenge of the 21st century. You can't live without it. Neither can plants or animals. Just in the last century, massive area's of once fertile ground has been lost to desertification. Millions of acres and it's not turning around.

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump and MAGA are scum.

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, to all of these. Will you hear about them on the evening news though? Of course not. Oh but the media has SUCH a liberal bias...

    BarfyCat
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are plenty of places in Appalachia that also lack clean, running water.

    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US is in many respects a third world country.

    Tiffany Munday
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump has already told his followers that Canada (British Columbia) has a “Giant TAP” that we use to deny California water. He WILL go after Greenland for their resources (now fully emboldened by his Venezuelan conquest for his billionaire oil bodies) than us. I can see the Great Lake being drained in the next 40 years.

    Lil be lil
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Water is needed for the Giant Databases being built in the desert to keep the AI centers cool. It takes massive amounts of energy. F**k people though./👺

    #11

    JD Vance is Machiavellian AF. Yall are focusing on Trump and not this John Wayne Gacy looking guy consolidating his power as he comes for the throne.

    Prof_Scott_Steiner Report

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a hard time believing JD "Jorkin DaPeanus" Vance has the intelligence to be Machiavellian, but I could be wrong. He honestly reminds me a lot of an orange cat: no braincell, nothing behind those big blue eyes (while simultaneously being nowhere near as cute or lovable as a cat.) Again, I could be wrong, but I think he's actually a dolt. If the Orange Thing were to drop dead and The Couchfúcker took over, I think he'd become a mouthpiece for the party nutbags and not a leader in his own right. Not that that's BETTER than being Machiavellian, mind you.

    Space Invader
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, this annoys me about political experts and analysts in the media outside the US: When Trump does something strange or says something blatantly stupid, they will fabulate and twist logic beyond its breaking point to uncover the possible motive, hidden scheme or brilliant tactic truly behind that action. Never once do they consider that a man who once altered a weather chart with a sharpie to avoid admitting he was wrong really has no hidden depth to him. Just admit that the emperor has no clothes and really is just petty and stupid.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JD is as fake as you can find. He's changed his name twice. James David Bowman wasn't good enough for him. Yeah I dead named rich powerful white guy. Anyone want to do something about it?

    nicholas nolan
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, no, JD Vance has nothing like the celebrity that the orange one has, and the river is turning on the orange one as we speak. Gas prices jumped 50 cents a gallon locally, literally overnight. The mega hardcore idiots will always be trumpy's, but his base is cracking under the pressure of price increases. That stink is sticking to the already unpopular Vance.

    seanpar0820
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scares me what will happen if he DOESN'T get elected. Civil war? People need to plan right now to get out of our country. I called January 6th before it happened. Luckily it didn't go that far

    Mark Alexander
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Millions of people figure out January 6. There was a massive internet push to keep sane people away so the MAGAts had no one there to blame.

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    Lyone Fein
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vance is such a clown (speaking as an Ohio person here). I really hope he doesn’t get elected after Trump.

    Jeff Hunt
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More of a Rudolf Hess. Useful idiot.

    Sam Trudeau
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JD Vance feels like the guy who's just "there" if you aren't from the country

    Dirk Daring
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JD Vance is the US Gov't version of Starscream.

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    #12

    United States Post Office sign in Reseda, CA, highlighting pressing issues affecting America’s postal services. The USPS changed postmarking rules, instead of mail being postmarked when received by an individual postal office, now the dating will occur when mail is processed by a sorting machine, which will result in a possible discrepancy. This will primarily affect tax returns and mail in ballots(if these are mailed on tax day/Election Day respectively they may be considered late or the ballot would be invalidated as they would be recorded by the post hub next day). A really minor change that could have big consequences April 15th or Election Day.

    Calvin_NoKlein , Ekaterina Belinskaya Report

    Peeka_Mimi
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take your mail in ballot to your closest drop off box. Get your taxes in before April 10th.

    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Taxes? Psh. I paid those last year! I have to do it again??

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    Tamra
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't the only bit of legislation that will affect voting. If the SAVE act passes the Senate, married women will likely have to present a passport or an enhanced driver's license to be able to vote. This will disenfranchise millions of voters, especially those who have lower incomes and cannot afford a passport.

    otiose
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People who change their names. Majority affected will be married women, but not all.

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so now elections can be influenced by simply adjusting the timing of mail processing... ? :-/

    Sue User
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And guess what states uses mail in ballots the most ?

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    Kevin Hickey
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mail has been postmarked by sorting machines for over twenty years. What has changed is that the mail is not being put on the machine for at least one day and sometimes 2-3 days. It used to be required that it was processed on the machine the day that it was received.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember to get your ballots in early folks!

    Limey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This postmark thing for taxes has always astounded me. They base whether you are late or not in when they receive it. Do you really think someone at the IRS sits and looks at every postmark?

    Rebecca O’Donnell
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take your mail into the post office to the postal clerk to get hand stamped.

    Mike F
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I read that I thought it is really a no brainer, I know if it was a time sensitive matter, I'm hauling my @ss inside for the hand stamp. On the other hand, I know people who have not graced the inside of a post office or bank in 20 years.

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    AuntKaren12
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Work for an accounting firm. Found out last year, after responding to a few late notices for clients, that most of the certified mail we sent out was considered late because the local PO no longer scans the barcode when we take the mail to the window. Basically, unless you are electronically filing payments, you should take payments days before they are actually due.

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    #13

    The amount of wealth being concentrated in very few hands. I don't think the average person comprehends the mind boggling numbers that are being accrued, and the consequences of that.

    TheFonz2244 Report

    David Paterson
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    External observer. I suspect that none of the hands in which the greatest wealth is held has been made public. Eg. Let's take this 100 million dollars of weapons, mark it up to a billion and give it to Ukraine. Somebody pockets the difference.

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are just jealous because they lazy /s

    keyboardtek
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People are jealous because they have not had a raise in minimum wage for years! People are jealous because congress gets full healthcare, a huge salary, and only worked 76 days last year.

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    #14

    Industrial factories in America emitting large smoke plumes, highlighting pressing pollution and environmental issues. Environmental protections have been getting slashed and gutted, and it’s only going to get worse.
    Funding cuts aside, this also includes delisting endangered species under false pretenses(see: American Burying Beetle, which has been a thorn in the side of oil companies) and destroying protected habitats for “economic growth”.

    slothdonki , Getty Images Report

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But regulations hamper economic development! Oh god i felt dirty typing that bit of sarcasm. This is bad. Everything that's happening is so bad.

    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump has pulled the US out of several key climate and environmental treaties. Hope Mar-a-lago soon becomes Mar-bajo-lago.

    Shortstuff
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    USA, Russia, China, India...worst polluters on the planet. Here in New Zealand, if we leave a top on a bottle out for trash collection, they won't take it!

    #15

    Young girl lying on bed using tablet, illustrating concerns related to pressing issues plaguing America today. 1st grade teacher here 🙋🏽‍♀️…the effects of kids spending so much time mindlessly watching YouTube or parents on their phones not interacting. Social skills and behavior issues are way worse than when I began teaching 15 years ago.

    ManufacturerUsed823 , Getty Images Report

    Tamra
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too much screen time ABSOLUTELY adversely affects children. It weakens their attention spans, short circuits critical thinking, and has been shown to negatively affect imagination.

    Sam Trudeau
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. It's a digital world now, but there are literal toddlers learning the negative behaviours because of older siblings and no parental intervention

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This past year (2025 - our school year starts in January) I had the worst class of my 34-year teaching career. It doesn't help that I was going through chemo, an op and radiation at the time, but ALL the teachers in my grade complained about the behaviour. At least our school does not allow cellphones, otherwise we'd never get anything done.

    Shortstuff
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen babies as young as a year old, given a phone to watch while mum coffees with friends at a café.

    Laserleader
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    I disagree. I worked k-1 and preschool in the early 2000's, and the number of kids who had little to no social interaction with parents was about 50-60%. Parents seem to think kids get all their interactions at school and they don't need to be involved as long as the kid is fed, cleaned, and has a bed, they should stay out of their parents way. It has NOTHING to do with screen usage. I applaud screens because at least they get something rather than the nothingness from their families.

    #16

    Person holding a grocery basket filled with food items in a store aisle, highlighting issues plaguing America today. Food is a lot more expensive than what they led on the news. Yes, some “luxury goods” such as televisions, PlayStations and iPhones are still around their regular prices, but real food, housing and medical care have skyrocketed. And somehow television is still under this illusion that because luxury items are still low the economy is good, when it’s actually not.

    AriesRoivas , Getty Images Report

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not the issue. The issue is wages have stayed the same

    Savannah greenleaf
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way the poverty line is calculated is archaic.

    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same thing is going on in Europe

    Shortstuff
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Real food."? USA doesnt know the meaning of the word healthy for food. The food there is fatty, sugary, processed junk. We asked for some butter in a hotel restaurant, and got a lump of white fat which was inedible. That was one of many "foods" we couldn't eat.

    Kevin Hickey
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We have the greatest economy in history!!" -The Donald

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    #17

    Man wearing glasses and gray sweater covering his face with hands, expressing stress about pressing issues in America today All of the new ICE detention centers and mega detention centers just announced.

    sugar182 , Drazen Zigic Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're working on getting them out of Portland all together. They violated their lease when they held people for more than 24 hours. We in Portland will not be responsible for violations of Habeas Corpus.

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't wait for the trains bringing people there

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    #18

    Large data center with rows of servers and cooling systems representing pressing issues plaguing America today. The rising forced adoption of AI Data Centers in rural communities.

    Five_Slow , DC Studio Report

    #19

    Oligarchs are dividing us on trivial matters so we can’t unite on the important ones.


    Repealing the fairness doctrine was the beginning of the end for meaningful media. Allowing two monopolies to own the majority of broadcast stations is the actual end and tied into the first statement.


    The citizens united ruling is destroying the country. Dark money, see statement one again, is so pervasive in politics that our representatives are beholden to their oligarch masters.

    nfshakespeare Report

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lobbying has always been a thing. Politicians should have to wear sponsor badges like race cars to see who is buying them.

    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Citizens United needs to be done away with immediately, but of course this won't happen. And the ever-growing control over media is so very 1930s.

    Shark Lady
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read something really scary yesterday, Elon Musk is not far from being the first trillionaire, no one needs that much wealth.

    CP
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They bought the Supreme Court. I don't think capitalism and democracy can coexist for very long. Money drives our economy why wouldn't it drive the government.

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone whining about LGBTQ people play right along.

    Mark Childers
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of the most important posts. These things have slowly crippled us to the point where I don't know if we can recover.

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    #20

    Hand giving keys to another person, representing housing and economic issues among the most pressing issues plaguing America. The slow and steady loss of owning anything and renting it all. A fifty year mortgage is a lifelong rental. Even the performance of our cars is managed by subscribing to certain features that are included when the car is purchased but then, after a year or so, only available by paying a monthly fee. Software is now by subscription. In time, the working class will own nothing.

    JockoMayzon , prostooleh Report

    Colleen Glim
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glad I bought my home when I did. A fifty year mortgage is insane. 25 -30 at most. If fifty years is what you need to afford your mortgage, buy a smaller house

    Laserleader
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, when one person ownes 30% of the houses in a city, its really hard to find ones to buy.

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    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    8 year loans on cars. Wait until car brakes are considered add on or subscription based

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They already are. There are certain repairs which a mechanic can't do now without paying the car company.

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    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just more Capitalism. The need to extract as much as possible out of everyone.

    Andy Frobig
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never expected to own a home...I once had a car that was three years old when I bought it, which was the newest I ever had; my 2014 Honda is the most recently built I've owned. I'm sure I'll never own a car that has subscriptions attached to it. I don't know how anyone affords any of this stuff

    Mark Alexander
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Transition to free (as in freedom) software.

    #21

    Two security cameras mounted on a pole under a clear sky representing pressing issues in America surveillance. The installation of Flock AI cameras everywhere, to spy on everyone - and how easily they are hacked and used for *even more* nefarious means.

    Still-Grass8881 , Michał Jakubowski Report

    WindySwede
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BenJordan does a great job exposing this joke of security! Link below!

    WindySwede
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    https://youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY

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    Norm Gilmore
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So Person of Interest was a documentary...

    DH
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Land of the free

    Peeka_Mimi
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah Aurora is really trying to sell us on their flock cameras. They're all over my neighborhood.

    panamot
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we should use the word "nefarious" more ...

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget how they can now track license plates across the US.

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    #22

    Diverse group of students in a classroom listening to a teacher discussing pressing issues facing America today. Nothing much is being taught in schools. Every school has mentally ill children in almost every classroom. They scream, throw fits, etc. Even if a teacher is smart enough to find ways to work around the poor curriculum and micromanaging in most schools, the behaviors of many of the children just don't allow teaching to really happen. There is so much wasted time and money!!

    Dangerous_Form_1967 , Kenny Eliason Report

    James016
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife works in a school. Those kids that lash out are being failed by their parents because they are in denial and will not accept that their kids have extra challenges and need extra help.

    keyboardtek
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the other hand, my daughter has Tourette's Syndrome. My wife has taken training from the Tourette's Association to educate teachers how to work with students who have Tourette's. In 8th grade, the principal of the school refused to allow my wife to present the information. The teachers would just have my daughter stand outside the class when her tics flared up. She failed many courses that year. The following years we got her into a better school where she won the student of the year award! There are good teachers and there are bad teachers.

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    BarfyCat
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's not even mention the massive burden of paperwork on teachers for all the kids with IEPs (Individual Education Plan: for students with learning/physical/mental health differences). My husband has 150 students. About 1/3 have IEPs. He's required to fill out a detailed form on each IEP student weekly. Not to mention attending IEP meetings. Not sure when he's supposed to plan lessons or grade papers.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in South Africa they make us fill them in by hand - I suppose to prevent us copying and pasting the comments.

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    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because there is no fear of discipline (being held back a year, not corporal)

    Billo66
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird, I just didn't want to disappoint my mum.

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    Robert T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They do teach some things in schools, like active shooter drills for example. /s

    Shortstuff
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They certainly don't teach geography.. on quiz shows, Americans are clueless about other countries, and not much better with their own.

    Juls
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very true. I worked in a therapeutic home for displaced children. Or in other words, I worked in residential with violent children. There aren't any special schools for them. The bus picks them up and they go to school with your kids, because we no longer have special schools or classes for them. If they destroy a classroom, hit other kiddos, push a bus driver down the stairs, they might be suspended for a couple days, but then they are right back in public school. The law says they have to go to school, but there's no longer any accommodation for kiddos with serious issues. And there's not enough beds for teens with serious issues. Parents can be begging for help for their teen that has mental health problems and not get any at all. Think about it. Most insurance covers a small number of mental health doctor's office visits a year, and that's it. Not even enough for once a week for a year, let alone residential for serious violence issues.

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mental health problems are with the parents. I'd like to see at least 3/4s of all American children taken from their useless parents and put into orphanages. The kids might have a chance doing that.

    Juls
    Community Member
    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in residential with violent kids. That's what "orphanages" are these days. I've seen parents give up their parental rights, and make their child a ward of the state, because the parent's health insurance won't cover the kind of help their children need. Then those violent children get picked up by the bus and go to school with your children. Because we no longer have any special schools for them. I don't blame the parents anymore. If the kid is spoiled, sure, parent's fault. If the child has ODD, there's very little the parents can do without support.

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    #23

    Medical professional with stethoscope writing notes and holding pills, highlighting pressing issues plaguing America today. Private equity coming in and buying doctor offices and replacing doctors with nurse practitioners. You know all the wealthy people are still going to real doctors.

    davidxavi2 , Ahmed Report

    Dirk Daring
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every Nurse Practitioner I have ever been treated by was way better than any doctor. NPs actually listen and don't rush through you to the next customer I mean patient the way doctors do.

    Mike F
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, except the one who suggested I treat my sinus infection with a neti pot. 🤷‍♂️

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    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of this is also driven by a shortage of general "family" doctors. Med school is so expensive many are driven into specialty fields for better pay.

    Gingersnap In Iowa
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Last year I was assigned a new provider when I got home from residential treatment and she was a nurse practitioner. She's since moved on and I've been assigned to another nurse practitioner. I'm going to try and keep an open mind but I don't think metal health meds should be prescribed by nurse practitioners.

    Norm Gilmore
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have this in NZ and I think they're great. I don't know about the mental health side of things but have been to several for General Practice. They have the training, and they are in the same building, and can refer you to the doctor to see you straight away if necessary.

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    BarfyCat
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want to see an MD you can pay thousands of dollars per year for "concierge" medicine

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    #24

    What a problem invasive plants are and that it’s only getting worse. It’s leading to habitat loss effecting our song birds.

    hubblerubble Report

    Stacy Carroll
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not just our song birds. All types of wildlife.

    Mark Alexander
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Invasive animals, too. When it's cold in Florida it rains iguanas.

    #25

    A diverse group of people working on computers, representing pressing issues plaguing America in a modern office setting. High paying white collar US jobs are getting offshored to India and other countries - including jobs that deal with sensitive HR, accounting, banking and computer security data. All of this data can be more easily stolen by adversarial nations, and the U.S. has no recourse.

    And none of the American politicians GAF or want to try to stop the damage that hollowing out the middle class will do to the economy.

    LilLebowskiAchiever , Arlington Research Report

    Space Invader
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be more worried about a***e by your own government, because in truth most "adversarial nations" don't care enough about you to a***e your data against you. The worst they do is sell it to whoever wants it - but would you really trust the US not to do the same?

    Mark Alexander
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too late. That's what DOGE actually accomplished. Stealing and consolidating our personal data.

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    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its only after the last fish is taken that man will realize he cant eat money. Similar to its only after the last job is taken by AI that man will realize there will be no wages to buy the things being made

    CP
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Capitalism! It just wants to make money. Doesn't care how or what it destroys to turn a profit.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true the world over. However you should be aware that much of the rest of the world takes the same view of data being held in the US, as US data protection laws are much more lax that the UK and EU for example.

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    #26

    Young people aren't reading many books.

    Melissadoes Report

    Beak Hookage
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an author, can confirm that book sales have been tanking for some time now. It was a big part of what cost me my career in mainstream publishing; I wasn't making the publishers enough money so they dropped me.

    Shortstuff
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because parents shove a device under their nose asap.

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You learn things when you read. Some bad, but mostly good. The point is, you LEARN. So if you don't want to read, fine, stay a dummy your entire life. Then wonder why you can't follow along in conversations with other people.

    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Last book I read was Atlas Shrugged

    CP
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That explains a lot about you. The idea that singular men build things and not the society building upon the previous versions is a bankrupt philosophy. If you want fairy tales about humans, read Rand and get a child like view of the world.

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    #27

    Person holding a brown wallet with folded US dollar bills, illustrating economic issues affecting America at the moment. Tipping culture is only getting further out of hand. I’m fine with tipping but my god, some places take tipping 15% as a slap in the face.

    Also, please normalize not tipping garbage service. Some places genuinely do not deserve a tip and I shouldn’t feel as bad as their service was for not rewarding it.

    prettyflyforamemeguy , Vitalii Khodzinskyi Report

    Greymom
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way the last paragraph was worded, I was really confused at first about who was regularly tipping their garbage collectors. 🤣🤣 Although, to be fair, they probably deserve it in many cases.

    Nikole
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha, I just realized I did too. The garbage collectors make bank though, and they have city pensions.

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    Fire Singer
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was buying a bra online, ONLINE, and the website at checkout said something like "show appreciation to our team! Would you like to leave a tip?" No. No I wouldn't. I'm buying a bra...online...by myself. Thanks.

    Sam Trudeau
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I will tip you because you did well, I am not required to pay for your wages instead of your employer"

    Shortstuff
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely hated the tipping in USA. Everybody had their hand out for my hard earned savings which took me 4 years to save for a holiday there. They come to New Zealand...no tipping.

    Kelly Scott
    Community Member
    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, I give both my garbage man and my mailman a small cash Christmas gift. They go out of their way to help me out when I need it. Just because they work for idiot companies doesn't mean they're the monsters.

    #28

    Man in wheelchair meeting with colleague in an office highlighting pressing issues plaguing America at the moment. It’s still legal to pay people with significant disabilities a fraction of the minimum wage. Nearly 40,000 Americans are paid subminimum wages because of their disability. They’re timed for their work, then their pay is docked, for an average hourly wage of $3.34 an hour and as low as $0.05 an hour.

    Nylewej , Getty Images Report

    Laserleader
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How? I still don't understand how tips can be legally used to cover paying less than minimum. How can you pay somone less than minimum for a hired job? Not the same if the person is volunteering, which i see locally quite a bit.

    Juls
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not everyone in the US is protected by minimum wage. People with disabilities, tipped workers, students working in retail and agriculture. We like to pretend minimum wage is for everyone, but it isn't.

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    Mike F
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, 50ish years ago it was perfectly legal to deny them jobs altogether. My paternal grandpa's physical impairment was dwarfed by his mental anguish at not being able to secure any employment at all.

    CP
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Capitalism baby! We treat humans like commodities.

    Geoffrey Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a facility close in the last 5 or so years that employed the emotionally/mentally challenged. They voted to cut the funding for these places in Mich., ours was called MOARC. I personally know of 2 who lost their jobs. I urged their caregivers to file unemployment claims. In the late 80's, I worked for a company that used them to sort different sizes of foam sheets (automotive industry) that were returned to us so they wouldn't be landfilled. Exploitative? Maybe, but it gave those folks sense of contribution.

    Mark Alexander
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sick of work being considered fulfilling in any way. It's not a contribution. It's not a source of dignity. It sure as he77 isn't a measure of worth. It's the engine of the economy that stuffs the pockets of the owners of capital. Period. WE MAKE THE STUFF. WE PROVIDE THE SERCVICES. WE THE PEOPLE MAKE SH!T WORK. No one should be hungry, unhomed, sick without care, unable to afford to live comfortably and safely. We need a gosh darned General Strike. Solidarity.

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    #29

    Bees are dying at an alarming rate.

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    WindySwede
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say that honey bees are at much lesser risk because of people make money out of them. But in general that solitary bees are in much greater risk because people doesn't see that make money of them/they dont produce honey. So I'd say its more important to protect them with habitats (sand-nests and holes in wood nests), and food (native pollen at most, but also nectar)!!

    CP
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All bugs are disappearing.

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    #30

    Person counting US dollar bills indoors, highlighting pressing issues plaguing America related to economy and finance. The typical span of a reserve currency is 80-100 years. And the US dollar has been the reserve currency for 80 years and at this stage will experience increased inflation until it is replaced with other currency, at which time the value will be decimated. The government knows this but will do everything to hide and pillage while they can. Plan to hold assets, not cash.

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heard on NPR the other day. George Washington was dead set opposed to having his, or any other Presidents' likeness on coins/cash. "We no longer have kings".

    Zephyr343
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assets which are given value based on a transactional nature

    CP
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The typical span doesn't mean it is something set in stone. It is something to look at, but it isn't inevitable.

    Jeff Hunt
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’ll be a while before another currency is able to be a world reserve currency. We’re still the prettiest ugly girl at the dance.

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    #31

    China is going to invade Taiwan and drag the US into a war that will impact every layer of our society. We are not ready for
    “Total War”. The military knows it is coming. The common citizen does not.

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    Nikole
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Shítler and Project 2025 have fúcked the world. The "Donroe" Doctrine? Sickening.

    JB
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are genuinely worried about it here in Canada. Greenland is, too.

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    homer
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disagree. Donny wil let China have Taiwan, let Russia take what they want and we get south america

    Pferdchen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have doubts that the U.S. would rise to Taiwan's defense when the U.S. has its own expansionist ambitions, especially since "we" tolerate and engage in unilateral military actions. We're certainly not standing up to Russia's.

    Aileen Grist
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry but I think that if we end up in WW3 it'll be because tghe US starts it by hitting a NATO country and the rest of NATO getting behind the hit country. Trump wants a war so that he doesn't have to call an election in 2028. He's just building up to it.

    Sue User
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's when China hits Taiwan. Or vice versa. China hits Taiwan and USA uses as excuse to " secure" Greenland.

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    Peeka_Mimi
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I know it's coming. I've been screaming it from the rooftops. I am an Army Veteran BTW.

    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex is Chinese. He was born here in America, but his parents are immigrants (Northern China and Taiwan.) Ex has family in Taiwan. I learned, over the 24 years that we were together, about the horrible things that China has done to Taiwan and to the Taiwanese people. It's no surprise that my ex's parents fled to the US (back in the 70s, before it was as insane as it is now.)

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't be surprised if Trump made a deal like the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with Putin and Xi

    Ian Webling
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But will America be dragged in? I predict it will suddenly truly become "America First" and no getting involved in foreign wars. Once the deals to share Taiwanese tech are made.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, we most likely will be dragged into it because we have a lot of military and economic interests in the south China sea and that choke point that Taiwan is really close to is actually limiting China's expansion. Also, there's a big beef between Japan and China too and we are close allies with Japan. Short version is: because we are not allies with China, everyone else is a strategic interest to the US around the south China sea because it helps keep China in check.

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    Julia H
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump is working hard to start a war so he can carry to a 3rd term. I'd also heard he's working hard to avoid midterms from occurring

    Kelly Scott
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trump is the jerk who's starting the wars.

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    #32

    Where do I begin? Top thing. food companies & big pharma are in bed together & deliberately prioritize profit over health. They want sick codependent people in need of medicine, surgery etc. it’s a game. Everyday food, drinks & products such as shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, skincare, makeup, deodorant, toothpaste etc are loaded with harmful ingredients that cause cancer, endocrine disruptions, & have adverse effects on blood, organs & nervous systems. It’s engineered by design for population control & to enrich the pharmaceutical companies. They calculate how long they can poison us on average. Most Americans aren’t aware of the scam & can’t even pronounce half the ingredients in everyday things. Let alone realize how they harm your health. America doesn’t run on Dunkin. It runs on greed & sick people. No other country does this. They have universal healthcare, holistic approaches, prioritize holidays/rest, & ban thousands of ingredients allowed here.

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    Geoffrey Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am reminded during the Obama Admin, a proposal was floated to allow meat processors to 'self certify' and eliminate USDA oversight. As I told my Rep and Sens "so the proposal is to push good/bad decision making down to the slaughterhouse floor, where their jobs are on the line for 'too much scrap'?" Glad that has not come to pass, yet.

    Rob D
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Functionally it has. The USDA inspection aspect has been decimated.

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    Anony Mouse
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who uses the term “big pharma” loses my interest and trust. “Holistic” care and alternative treatments aren’t science-based or evidence tested. This is conspiracy theory stuff.

    CP
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again this is capitalism. If you don't want people to profit off exploiting other people we need to get rid of capitalism. This is exactly how it works and it isn't a bug.

    Kevin Hickey
    Community Member
    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dihydrogen Monoxide is deadly and the government is literally pumping it into our houses!!!!

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    #33

    This will be unpopular here..

    But the sheer scale of Migrant fraud is so mind boggling that you would think its propoganda.

    This side of the internet likes to defer blame or do whataboutis when its brought up, i have no idea why they feel the need to defend it.

    one example, Illinois alone, Indians are 2% yet are 42% of small business loans (about 5 million each), and contiously use loan assumptions to defer to other indian community members endlessly to never pay back loans, essentially stealing public funds.

    This is just 1 community, 1 sector, 1 state.

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    David Andrews
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unpopular because it's racist nonsense. If you want to look at Illinois specifically, non white low income communities actually receive far less loan funding in proportion to business ownership than white communities. And the poster clearly has no idea what a small business loan is, or how it works

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Odd that you don't also highlight employer fraud regarding immigrant workers. Our domestic slaughterhouses ALONE are populated by majority migrant labor. Not to mention agriculture.

    Bartlet for world domination
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 Youtube video. Nothing in the official documentation supports the idea of $5 million loans being routinely issued to any group. Search for “Illinois Gives 42% Small Business Loans to Indians?” if you want the source of this nonsense.

    Kelly Scott
    Community Member
    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at the food stamp mess in Minnesota. That was run by a WHITE woman, an American citizen.

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