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Sam profile picture
Homie left Notsr months ago but can’t help but wonder if he’s having a bad time right now.

My heart goes out to all the plebs who lost their savings in the last couple days.
Ben Justman🍷 · 16w
Glad you enjoyed it 🫡
Ben Justman🍷 · 16w
Yeah dude he crushed it. I bet his hand was cramping after writing all of those. I love his olive oil. Hope you do too
Adam Dunlap ⚡️ · 41w
I agree with some of this. But the final conclusion not so much. What country is better than the USA? Where else would you rather live? As long as the answer is nowhere else, then the experiment has s...
Sam profile picture
I hear you, I do think that success is not the best way to frame it. Is the country we are living in faithful to what the vision of the US founding fathers and those who have died in wars? I think we could agree that answer is certainly not. Just because a lot of good has come from it doesn’t justify broken means to achieve that end. I don’t think the goal was to be the least bad global option or the lesser of evils. I think the point is less to bash or be ungrateful for the US and more to follow in the footsteps of those who formulated the experiment and would not stand for the same old systems that deny individuals liberty and justice. I think statements like @HODL and the videos you see posted of these war veterans saying this outcome was not worth the sacrifice are less complaining and more echoing the founders call to reform (or maybe even prune) the broken parts of the system to recapture faithfulness the the experiment in means and ends.
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Adam Dunlap ⚡️ · 41w
The vet video was from the UK. If success is not the best framing what is? Progress? That too is a plus for America. America is going backwards. Zoom out. What it has created is wonderfully. If the 50s or the 90s or some decade you love is the peak and we are rolling backwards, then that’s that....
Adam Dunlap ⚡️ · 41w
I agree with some of this. But the final conclusion not so much. What country is better than the USA? Where else would you rather live? As long as the answer is nowhere else, then the experiment has succeeded even if it hasn’t lived up to the highest potential. There is an argument that the expan...