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every generation except mine bad
Civilization peaked in 1999, what can I say. Disclaimer: I don't actually mean that, the 1990s were a lot more racist.
The Nazis are back. The late 90s weren't significantly more racist than today. Words were thrown around more. Fewer people had black bags thrown over their head before being deported to El Salvador.
That's right, we've made very little progress in 30 years. Some on the queer front, but not the LG part.
Since the 90s, the political left wing of the USA have stood up to private prisons and monied interests.
For a good example of the timeline of this change, in 1995 Joseph Biden passed a crime bill with a Crack to Powder Cocaine sentencing disparity of 40:1, which disproportionately impacted black communities. In 2003 he was among those who banned PAC money from politics (which wouId be overturned by Citizens United 7 years later). In 2009 he was Vice President to America's first black President. 2010 he was giving a speech in congress asking, begging even, for that sentencing disparity to be removed. In 2022 and 2023 he was pardoning THOUSANDS of marijuana convictions.
I think in the 90s both parties were moderately bad, but now we've got one who are fucking psychopaths but we also have one who can and will save us if we can give them the chance.
The openly nazi people are a society-wide extinction burst. In the 1990s they didn't need to be openly contrarian, because the consensus agreed with them.
A few years ago I believed that.
Now that the fascists have taken over...not so much anymore.
The OG fascism was also a result of similar circumstances. If you look at history reactionary movements always form in the response to civic progress, and for long term progress what matters is the progressive side keep fighting until the progress is fully internalised by society. This doesn't mean it won't get worse before it gets better.
Yeah, but the music was better.
But no, it was a lot more racist and homophobic.
I think every generation sucks in its own special way
Maybe it’s just Americans, brah.