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They do have a medical program. They're also far from the only state that hasn't legalized recreational cannabis, though I agree they are an anomaly in New England.

I think I more or less fully agree with everything you're saying here. We're seeing the same trends and outcomes. Getting money out of politics should be one of the foundational steps we take to rebuild, agreed.

I'm bored with you so best of luck in our shared future hellscape. I definitely LOL'd when I saw you weren't American.

My comment wasn't based on a body of research other than high school us history and some political science classes in college. Agree completely that modern day boomers are not progressives, I was thinking more specifically about the social progress of the mid-late 20th century and how many more people we've agreed to include in the conversation than ever before. Hell, women couldn't vote 106+ years ago. Now we have gay and trans people in Congress, we've had a black president, women mostly have rights to their own bodies, etc etc etc. The boomers were, broadly, part of those social changes, though clearly they didn't all agree, just as they don't now.

A lot of those wins are getting erased now, by DOGE and others, and there are way more old people at protests than I would expect to see. I'm simply suggesting that the older generations remember the feeling of making progress in a way that younger generations haven't. It's probably hyperbolic but it feels like we've been slowly regressing, on balance, since Jeb Bush was the governor of Florida and fixed the 2000 election results for his brother George Dubya.

Tl:Dr you don't know the value of what you have now until it is gone, unless you've gone without before.

Stalin, I hate engaging with commies, but I can't resist a good pun.

The left doesn't have a cohesive platform, nor any political power. Your indignation is not righteous, and your sentiment does not inspire. US politicians are generally idiots, yes, but I disagree that calling for a more moderate path in the face of a populist criminal was a bad take. We are seeing it play out in real time, and we're all in the same boat so I hope you're enjoying the ride.

I'm not God, I'm just a regular person.

I provided instructions for trolls in my post, but you seem to have missed that part in the bits you quoted. Despite my policy on feeding trolls, I'll repeat that I'm not endorsing the actions of the Netanyahu government.

If you want to put your head in the sand and pretend that foreign intelligence isn't influencing nearly every flavor of social media on the internet, that's on you.

I believe your understanding of how voting works is flawed. A vote only matters if it is cast. Withholding votes does not motivate politicians in any democratic system in the world. The math simply doesn't work.

As you've clearly come to understand, the uncommitted movement was an abject failure. That you continue to cling to the idea that it failed due to rational progressives makes me wonder if you are a troll yourself.

Uncommitted is not how political shifts happen in the United States. Increasingly it is single issue voters like you, who don't like how a candidate positions on a single issue and chooses to abstain or vote for the other side. To be clear, that's your choice and I wouldn't fault you for standing on your principles if you weren't simultaneously complaining about the outcome of standing on those principles.

As it is, you promoted a failed political strategy that, not wholly but certainly in part, led to the reelection of Trump and the MAGAs. I voted for the candidate who would most plausibly bring about a less horrific end to the Gaza conflict. This was NEVER about dismissing concerns about a group of people on the other side of the planet, it was ALWAYS about making the best choice for THIS country.

I think some part of you knows that, but I totally understand being irrationally angry with the world, random internet commenters, whatever. Shit is getting crazy out here, and tbh we all need each other more than ever. Please take my deepest apologies if the truth of what I'm saying is upsetting. Progressivism has never been about getting everything you want in a perfect candidate, it has always been about compromising in order to achieve incremental improvements. You don't have to align with that view, but your passion certainly would be welcomed.

Younger generations are more exposed to social media and disinformation that the older generations dismissed decades ago. Boomers also had the experience of fighting for and gaining rights during their lifetime that are now being taken away again. Unfortunately, they largely failed to teach younger generations the value of those fights or the tactics by which they were fought, so many young people don't understand the implications behind a lot of these cultural shifts. Time is a flat circle.

Update: it's a great game. I'm not even a huge hockey fan, but it sucked me right in.

Tape to tape? Oh that's new to me... Thanks friend

Agreed. As with most things, the answer is neither black, nor white, but some shade of grey.

Didn't know about this previously, thanks for the info