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We now have online casinos with corrupt backdoor ties to the Trump family letting people bet on the actions of the Trump family. It's not insider trading anymore. It's just the house's cut (infosec.pub)

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[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

America is not a good country.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Never was.

Everything good about this country was because of our counter-culture doing things in spite of this nation.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A country is more than it's government.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What is wrong with America as a country runs far deeper than its government.

American culture is rotten to its core and always has been. That's why the only good that has ever come from it has been, as stated before, from the developments of counter-culture movements that were born explicitly to oppose it.

Just because I was born in America doesn't mean I have to identify with it and because I don't let that arbitrary identity blind my judgement of this country I can see it for what it really is.

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

America doesn't have a single, unified culture.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Cool story bud but decades of sociological study of American history and society says otherwise.

Yes, while regional variations exist, there are very distinct and apparent cultural norms of American society that are prevalent throughout this rotten country.

Quit being defensively ignorant and go educate yourself.

Here, I'll do you a favor and provide the link to the damn wiki article on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

According to cultural geographer Colin Woodard there are as many as eleven cultural areas of the United States, which spring from their settlement history.

Strong cultural differences have a long history in the U.S., with the southern slave society in the antebellum period serving as a prime example.

Sure sounds like one unified culture to me!

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, while regional variations exist, there are very distinct and apparent cultural norms of American society that are prevalent throughout this rotten country

Gee, it's almost like I mentioned that already. Those eleven areas, while each their own, are all still variations of the same prevailing culture that has spread across the country as a whole.

Can you not get so defensive about general observations of America as a whole and actually take an objective look at the country as a whole or is that just too much to ask?

[–] DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I've written fifteen words on the matter prior to this comment. Not sure how that is considered getting defensive. Methinks you're projecting.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

Consistently splitting hairs in an attempt to invalidate an argument about American culture as a whole seems pretty defensive behavior.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

They're on their decadent high or perhaps just over their peak before the real downfall. They could have been better, but that house of cards is collapsing so it's take what you can get before it gets worse. Awesome job Americans, you had one job not to not elect a conman to presidency and you failed twice. Kudos, I doubt many others would fuck up that poorly. Hats off, flamboyant bow they made evident what was thought impossible, bring down the US through stupidity. Bravo.