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I feel as if I’m watching my country train wreck in slow motion right before my eyes.
Probably because it’s true….
It would be tolerable if it was just DC, but it’s the entire culture that’s gone…..bonkers. Conspiracy theorists on one side, people denying everything but the triumph of their own wills on the others.
Definitely your entire country that’s clearly crazy…. and its not just because of the last 4 or 5 years either. I think its clearly cultural. Not sure what you can *do* about it though! I think it might just have to run its course…. [gulp]