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We Are Living in a Failed State

by samsgro on 4/20/20, 5:07 PM with 4 comments

• by Finnucane on 4/20/20, 5:36 PM

  "We can learn from these dreadful days that stupidity and injustice are lethal; that, in a democracy, being a citizen is essential work; that the alternative to solidarity is death."

• by donclark on 4/20/20, 5:56 PM

  I think many are still in denial (corrupt political class, a sclerotic bureaucracy, a heartless economy, a divided and distracted public), or are self-centered, narcissistic, or too selfish to realize our problems as a country.

  "...not to prevent the coming disaster, but to profit from it." Do they know something we don't? Maybe its just corruption?

  Is this an attempt to further the gap btwn the rich and the middle class/poor?

• by AnimalMuppet on 4/20/20, 6:04 PM

  Boloney.

  Failing? Perhaps. Failed? No.

  Or, more cynically, there's a lot further to fall...