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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] 4grams@awful.systems 47 points 1 day ago (15 children)

I’m middle aged now, but I have to admit, while I’ve always known there was racism still around, and still part of the government. I’m blown away though at just how much more of it, and how deeply rooted it is. The kind of people in charge right now are literal cartoon villains when I was a kid.

I mean that literally.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Is that real?! I remember them poking fun at Trump now and again as he was a national laughing stock.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes, there was a whole running narrative about bill the cat having his brain replaced with trumps back in the 80’s. my now completely crazy, maga dad, turned me on to bloom county as a kid so most of my politics likely took root with a large nosed penguin and his friends. Then when I hit high school, I found rage against the machine.

But yeah, I never watched any of his reality shows, this is the turnip I knew, until he became the actual president. My brain has not recovered.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh god, I remembering a bit! Was following the daily release of Bloom Country when lemm.ee shut down. To this day, I can't think of a more perfect snapshot of 80's life. Anyone wanting to know what it was really like, read Bloom Country front to back.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 1 day ago
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