The United States is so unhappy now, it’s not the same anymore

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time travelling this summer around the good old US of A. And man, was it depressing. Everyone in their own world, jobless or working too many jobs because one job doesn’t pay great. People cutting way back. A general apathy and hopelessness for the future. People now talking about AI taking jobs which is interesting because the blame used to be immigrants. The feeling that God has failed them and that we are still heading in the wrong direction. It will never be the same I guess. The reality of everything is in front of us. The blinders are off. And when I spoke with people it seemed that most people were just giving up. Anyone else traveling around and seeing or hearing any of this?

Yeah, things were much better under Biden with massive inflation - people feeling like they can’t afford a house or health care or food. And don’t forget the open border with 11 million people pouring in illegally to join our welfare rolls.

Given the two choices we had in the November election, it’s great Trump win, otherwise we would have four more years of Biden’s awful policies.

All you MAGA morons have is lies. That is why you are such miserable jerks. Your poison is destroying our country. No matter what you say, no matter what lies you spin, we wouid be far better off right now with Harris. Absolutely positively. Trump is destroying all that was actually decent about this country.

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Anonymous wrote:The US is a bunch of smaller nations standing on each others shoulders wearing a trench coat pretending to be a single nation.

You can't have a national policy for what are essentially dozens of nations. No one ends up happy and every election is eschatological.

It will go on this way until everything breaks up into more coherent and smaller nations.

The good news is that it should only take another decade.

This is the the Republican agenda. One nation, small government. Democrats created the bloated federal agencies and power structure we have now. Trump is actually trying to give power back to them by eliminating these bureaucracies and send it back to the states so they can make their own decisions. But they want to be histrionic instead of seeing this as a logistical opportunity. Dispelling none of the rumors that they're real agenda is indoctrination rather than democracy.

MAGA doesn't want small government, they want a king. They want the federal gov to tell us how to live, who to love, when to have babies. They want women subjugated, Black people to know their place, and brown people to be gone. They want business to run unregulated, pollute our air and water and social media to keep us engaged and enraged.

Prove overwise.

They cannot. Any attempt by MAGA will just be lies.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time travelling this summer around the good old US of A. And man, was it depressing. Everyone in their own world, jobless or working too many jobs because one job doesn’t pay great. People cutting way back. A general apathy and hopelessness for the future. People now talking about AI taking jobs which is interesting because the blame used to be immigrants. The feeling that God has failed them and that we are still heading in the wrong direction. It will never be the same I guess. The reality of everything is in front of us. The blinders are off. And when I spoke with people it seemed that most people were just giving up. Anyone else traveling around and seeing or hearing any of this?

Yeah, things were much better under Biden with massive inflation - people feeling like they can’t afford a house or health care or food. And don’t forget the open border with 11 million people pouring in illegally to join our welfare rolls.

Given the two choices we had in the November election, it’s great Trump win, otherwise we would have four more years of Biden’s awful policies.

All you MAGA morons have is lies. That is why you are such miserable jerks. Your poison is destroying our country. No matter what you say, no matter what lies you spin, we wouid be far better off right now with Harris. Absolutely positively. Trump is destroying all that was actually decent about this country.

Trump is what's left of decency in this country. His election and popular vote win was a clear referendum on the Biden regime. We're doing amazing and going strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everybody I know is so much happier than the Biden misery

So you live in the upside down? Only explanation for this backwards post.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time travelling this summer around the good old US of A. And man, was it depressing. Everyone in their own world, jobless or working too many jobs because one job doesn’t pay great. People cutting way back. A general apathy and hopelessness for the future. People now talking about AI taking jobs which is interesting because the blame used to be immigrants. The feeling that God has failed them and that we are still heading in the wrong direction. It will never be the same I guess. The reality of everything is in front of us. The blinders are off. And when I spoke with people it seemed that most people were just giving up. Anyone else traveling around and seeing or hearing any of this?

Yeah, things were much better under Biden with massive inflation - people feeling like they can’t afford a house or health care or food. And don’t forget the open border with 11 million people pouring in illegally to join our welfare rolls.

Given the two choices we had in the November election, it’s great Trump win, otherwise we would have four more years of Biden’s awful policies.

All you MAGA morons have is lies. That is why you are such miserable jerks. Your poison is destroying our country. No matter what you say, no matter what lies you spin, we wouid be far better off right now with Harris. Absolutely positively. Trump is destroying all that was actually decent about this country.

Trump is what's left of decency in this country. His election and popular vote win was a clear referendum on the Biden regime. We're doing amazing and going strong.

This entire post is a lie. It's all you guys have.

Anyone who thinks Trump = decency has to be a psychopath.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent time travelling this summer around the good old US of A. And man, was it depressing. Everyone in their own world, jobless or working too many jobs because one job doesn’t pay great. People cutting way back. A general apathy and hopelessness for the future. People now talking about AI taking jobs which is interesting because the blame used to be immigrants. The feeling that God has failed them and that we are still heading in the wrong direction. It will never be the same I guess. The reality of everything is in front of us. The blinders are off. And when I spoke with people it seemed that most people were just giving up. Anyone else traveling around and seeing or hearing any of this?

I say this with kindness. I think youre hanging around some bad influences. The world is not this bleak.

We have masked men breaking car windows and dragging people from their cars just because they have brown skin. I'm currently in Berlin and people are freaked the F out what is happening in the US. And, yes, before you start, they know they have their own brownshirts. But NOTHING compares to what is happening in DC. It's straight up fascism. If people don't see that, I don't know what to say. There is ZERO excuse for this.

That isn't actually happening though. There are ICE raids to detain illegal immigrants. Their skin color isnt a factor.

Yes it is happening. There's a ton of evidence that there is racial profiling going on with the ICE raids.

Court Orders Against Profiling: A federal judge issued a restraining order in July barring ICE from conducting immigration arrests based solely on race, ethnicity, language, or occupation. This was in response to allegations that agents were targeting brown-skinned, Spanish-speaking individuals without reasonable suspicion.

Trojan Horse Raids in L.A.: Despite the court order, ICE agents conducted raids using rented trucks to lure day laborers at Home Depot locations. The agents spoke Spanish to attract workers, then arrested 16 people, mostly street vendors and laborers. Local officials, including L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, described the operation as the “essence of racial profiling”.

Supreme Court Appeal: The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the profiling ban, arguing that factors like speaking Spanish or working in construction can reasonably raise suspicion of undocumented status. Critics say this logic institutionalizes racial profiling.

Impact on U.S. Citizens: Reports show that even American citizens, including Native Americans and Puerto Ricans have been detained or questioned during these raids, raising further concerns about profiling based on appearance or language.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/essence-of-racial-profiling-ice-s-la-rental-truck-raid-may-have-violated-court-orders/ar-AA1KaG7T

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-home-depot-raided-twice-in-one-day-critics-claim-immigration-agents-are-flouting-a-court-order/ar-AA1KbRE4

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ice-agents-mount-trojan-horse-immigration-raid-in-la-in-defiance-of-court-order/ar-AA1K4GWJ

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/immigration-raid-los-angeles-home-depot-trump-deportations-rcna223883

https://newrepublic.com/post/198933/ice-supreme-court-racial-profiling-trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-immigration-raids-citizens-profiling-accusations-native-american-rcna189203

So yes, it is happening and there's a ton of evidence proving it.

Can you acknowledge that your original argument, that people are being arrested for not being white, is completely inaccurate? Of course profiling occurs. That is not the same thing as people being arrested FOR being non-white.

I'm the OP about that. What the F is the differnece? I don't want to live in a country that has police check points and people with brown skin are being terrorize and Yes, pulled over then pull out of their cars because ICE needs to hit Steven Miller's quota.

Remember when Trump was going to go after the Bad Hombres? Wouldn't that call for a more strategic approach? Right now it's smash and grab as many brown people as they can.

To me, there's a massive difference between arresting people for crimes and arresting people for skin color. I think most people see it that way, and support law enforcement when they arrest criminals.

They are arresting brown people en masse. They are calling them "criminals" because they have overstayed their visa, which is not a "crime."

That's not true. It's not even logistically possible.

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I seriously do not understand the doom and gloom. We are literally at the apex of human civilization going back to the dawn of time Every day is better than the last.

Inflation-adjusted incomes are at an all time for every percentile of income - low, median, and high.

The stock market at at or near all time highs.

Technology is more advanced than it's ever been.

Medical advances have been amazing to date and keep coming.

The USA is not at war!

We have infinite entertainment.

GLPs are helping so many obese people get healthier.

What the heck are you people hoping for?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been all over the place from East to west coast. Everywhere seems depressed and dead. I keep asking everyone where the people are. Last week I was in New Orleans and there were barely any people out in the French quarter. I asked a waiter at cafe du monde what’s up (I know summers there are slow but not this slow) and he said he’s never seen it so bad. I tipped him a $20 on a $7 bill and he nearly cried. A month before I was in San Francisco and it was the same thing. Dead streets and the tourists that line up to watch the sea lions at the pier were non existent. I asked an uber driver what’s going on and he basically they said the foreign tourists didn’t come this year and everyone was hurting plus people who left during covid didn’t come back. Everyone seems depressed and hopeless. I am not pinning it squarely on Trump though. Things are not the same since Covid and this country feels like it’s never going to be the same again.

I mean.... what do you expect? The libs are out there telling foreign tourists its unsafe to come here. Of course they won't.

Wake up you twit. This isn't "the libs" making the US look bad. It's Trump and everyone who supports him.

The foreign tourists are seeing for themselves that the US is no longer a safe place to come to. Like this mom from New Zealand and her 6 year old son who were legally in the US but were snatched by ICE, sent to a detention camp in Texas and held for 3 weeks. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/new-zealand-woman-six-year-old-son-ice-detention-us-ntwnfb

This is not about "the libs" - it's about Trump's shitty policies. When you have to deflect with "the libs" your argument has failed.

Liberals evidently can't read. She was detained by ICE when she attempted to re-enter the U.S. when her combo-card visa wasn't fully approved. Her employment visa approved for renewal but not the I-360. The employment visa does not grant you the right to remain in the U.S. The DHS was actually being gracious by allowing her to work all this time while her I-360 was pending. She either callously ignored the laws or didn't educate herself adequately and put her and her son in jeopardy. As a matter of fact, all three of her children were fully approved for their visa renewals so she really had no excuse.

The United States is no longer tolerating illegal immigration or the flagrant disregard of the law. If foreign tourist or migrants cannot abide by them, don't come here. We don't care.

Idiot, they are arresting people that are showing up to court to go through the proper channels of becoming a citizen here

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been all over the place from East to west coast. Everywhere seems depressed and dead. I keep asking everyone where the people are. Last week I was in New Orleans and there were barely any people out in the French quarter. I asked a waiter at cafe du monde what’s up (I know summers there are slow but not this slow) and he said he’s never seen it so bad. I tipped him a $20 on a $7 bill and he nearly cried. A month before I was in San Francisco and it was the same thing. Dead streets and the tourists that line up to watch the sea lions at the pier were non existent. I asked an uber driver what’s going on and he basically they said the foreign tourists didn’t come this year and everyone was hurting plus people who left during covid didn’t come back. Everyone seems depressed and hopeless. I am not pinning it squarely on Trump though. Things are not the same since Covid and this country feels like it’s never going to be the same again.

I mean.... what do you expect? The libs are out there telling foreign tourists its unsafe to come here. Of course they won't.

Wake up you twit. This isn't "the libs" making the US look bad. It's Trump and everyone who supports him.

The foreign tourists are seeing for themselves that the US is no longer a safe place to come to. Like this mom from New Zealand and her 6 year old son who were legally in the US but were snatched by ICE, sent to a detention camp in Texas and held for 3 weeks. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/new-zealand-woman-six-year-old-son-ice-detention-us-ntwnfb

This is not about "the libs" - it's about Trump's shitty policies. When you have to deflect with "the libs" your argument has failed.

Liberals evidently can't read. She was detained by ICE when she attempted to re-enter the U.S. when her combo-card visa wasn't fully approved. Her employment visa approved for renewal but not the I-360. The employment visa does not grant you the right to remain in the U.S. The DHS was actually being gracious by allowing her to work all this time while her I-360 was pending. She either callously ignored the laws or didn't educate herself adequately and put her and her son in jeopardy. As a matter of fact, all three of her children were fully approved for their visa renewals so she really had no excuse.

The United States is no longer tolerating illegal immigration or the flagrant disregard of the law. If foreign tourist or migrants cannot abide by them, don't come here. We don't care.

Idiot, they are arresting people that are showing up to court to go through the proper channels of becoming a citizen here

Oh. I guess its fine to enter a country illegally as long as you later use the proper channels. If I try a similar approach in Japan or France, what would happen? Why are we the only country not allowed to enforce our laws?

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I mean.. if only magas followed laws and followed due process.. you want someone who want to become king ( as evidenced by j6, occupation of cities, gerrymandering, retribution of his political opponents and scapegoat immigrants when something goes wrong). Get out of here.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been all over the place from East to west coast. Everywhere seems depressed and dead. I keep asking everyone where the people are. Last week I was in New Orleans and there were barely any people out in the French quarter. I asked a waiter at cafe du monde what’s up (I know summers there are slow but not this slow) and he said he’s never seen it so bad. I tipped him a $20 on a $7 bill and he nearly cried. A month before I was in San Francisco and it was the same thing. Dead streets and the tourists that line up to watch the sea lions at the pier were non existent. I asked an uber driver what’s going on and he basically they said the foreign tourists didn’t come this year and everyone was hurting plus people who left during covid didn’t come back. Everyone seems depressed and hopeless. I am not pinning it squarely on Trump though. Things are not the same since Covid and this country feels like it’s never going to be the same again.

I mean.... what do you expect? The libs are out there telling foreign tourists its unsafe to come here. Of course they won't.

Wake up you twit. This isn't "the libs" making the US look bad. It's Trump and everyone who supports him.

The foreign tourists are seeing for themselves that the US is no longer a safe place to come to. Like this mom from New Zealand and her 6 year old son who were legally in the US but were snatched by ICE, sent to a detention camp in Texas and held for 3 weeks. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/new-zealand-woman-six-year-old-son-ice-detention-us-ntwnfb

This is not about "the libs" - it's about Trump's shitty policies. When you have to deflect with "the libs" your argument has failed.

Liberals evidently can't read. She was detained by ICE when she attempted to re-enter the U.S. when her combo-card visa wasn't fully approved. Her employment visa approved for renewal but not the I-360. The employment visa does not grant you the right to remain in the U.S. The DHS was actually being gracious by allowing her to work all this time while her I-360 was pending. She either callously ignored the laws or didn't educate herself adequately and put her and her son in jeopardy. As a matter of fact, all three of her children were fully approved for their visa renewals so she really had no excuse.

The United States is no longer tolerating illegal immigration or the flagrant disregard of the law. If foreign tourist or migrants cannot abide by them, don't come here. We don't care.

Idiot, they are arresting people that are showing up to court to go through the proper channels of becoming a citizen here

Oh. I guess its fine to enter a country illegally as long as you later use the proper channels. If I try a similar approach in Japan or France, what would happen? Why are we the only country not allowed to enforce our laws?

presenting yourself at the border to seek asylum is legal.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously do not understand the doom and gloom. We are literally at the apex of human civilization going back to the dawn of time Every day is better than the last.

Inflation-adjusted incomes are at an all time for every percentile of income - low, median, and high.

The stock market at at or near all time highs.

Technology is more advanced than it's ever been.

Medical advances have been amazing to date and keep coming.

The USA is not at war!

We have infinite entertainment.

GLPs are helping so many obese people get healthier.

What the heck are you people hoping for?

We were hoping to remain a global superpower with an unrivaled currency, an ability to project hard and soft power globally to run the world to our economic advantage and to be an ideal that every person and nation strives to emulate in terms of justice, opportunity for all and good health.

Trump has pissed on all of that and ripped up as much as he can because he’s a demented narcissist who can’t get over his daddy issues.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously do not understand the doom and gloom. We are literally at the apex of human civilization going back to the dawn of time Every day is better than the last.

Inflation-adjusted incomes are at an all time for every percentile of income - low, median, and high.

The stock market at at or near all time highs.

Technology is more advanced than it's ever been.

Medical advances have been amazing to date and keep coming.

The USA is not at war!

We have infinite entertainment.

GLPs are helping so many obese people get healthier.

What the heck are you people hoping for?

We were hoping to remain a global superpower with an unrivaled currency, an ability to project hard and soft power globally to run the world to our economic advantage and to be an ideal that every person and nation strives to emulate in terms of justice, opportunity for all and good health.

Trump has pissed on all of that and ripped up as much as he can because he’s a demented narcissist who can’t get over his daddy issues.

Seriously - that's what you think people across america care about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I seriously do not understand the doom and gloom. We are literally at the apex of human civilization going back to the dawn of time Every day is better than the last.

Inflation-adjusted incomes are at an all time for every percentile of income - low, median, and high.

The stock market at at or near all time highs.

Technology is more advanced than it's ever been.

Medical advances have been amazing to date and keep coming.

The USA is not at war!

We have infinite entertainment.

GLPs are helping so many obese people get healthier.

What the heck are you people hoping for?

For plastic to not be in my body while having to pay for my own cancer treatment rather than the people who put that plastic in my food, water and air. For my middle class salary to pay for a safe home that is 30 minutes to my workplace. I would also like our president to not be a corrupt self enriching jerk who has no empathy.

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Anonymous wrote:I seriously do not understand the doom and gloom. We are literally at the apex of human civilization going back to the dawn of time Every day is better than the last.

Inflation-adjusted incomes are at an all time for every percentile of income - low, median, and high.

The stock market at at or near all time highs.

Technology is more advanced than it's ever been.

Medical advances have been amazing to date and keep coming.

The USA is not at war!

We have infinite entertainment.

GLPs are helping so many obese people get healthier.

What the heck are you people hoping for?

For plastic to not be in my body while having to pay for my own cancer treatment rather than the people who put that plastic in my food, water and air. For my middle class salary to pay for a safe home that is 30 minutes to my workplace. I would also like our president to not be a corrupt self enriching jerk who has no empathy.

You forgot about our president’s multiple felonies, rape and pedophile proclivities. And it’s THiS vile creature pretending he cares about law and order. We are a joke country now.