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The_Shadout_Mapes's avatar

This is one of the best essays I’ve ever read in my life. Smart, accessible, well-reasoned, engaging - I want everyone to read this, share it, and get to work. Fantastic job!

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Latisha B's avatar

Very well written. "He gives people permission to hate the future and blame the present for stealing their past." That is my favorite quote in this write-up.

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Dino Alonso's avatar

Thank you. Most kind. I’m glad I was able to provide some food for thought.

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Ruth's avatar

Chilling to the bone.

I think a lot of people are ready for the general economic boycott, but for some reason Indivisible isn’t pushing it.

I thought we were getting a shadow cabinet. That would be helpful.

Maybe we need to charter a ton of buses to Washington, so many we clog up all of the major Interstates.

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Mary Agnes Chatigny's avatar

Thank you for speaking the truth about where we are and the myth of the past. Yesterday I attended a 250 Road to Revolution parade in Newburyport MA in honor of those who came before us and fought to create this country. Our state senator, Bruce Tarr, spoke and reminded us that 1775 was the road to revolution and that in 2025 we were on the road to evolution, continuing our evolution into becoming a country where we are all free and equal, no matter our gender, religion, sexual orientation or color of our skin. America is an idea as former president Biden said and how do we want to actualize that idea is up to each and every one of us.

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Dino Alonso's avatar

Thank you for your thoughts, Mary. I wished more people would share theirs.

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Natalia Lincoln's avatar

Eloquently written. This is a perfect assessment of where we are as a country and what it will take to escape this precipice we have been coaxed and coerced toward since Reagan.

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