The United States Feels Like a Sad, Empty, Dark Place

[Anonymous]

The economy, schools, colleges politics is getting more and more focused on meeting the needs of the wealthy. The rest of us just don’t matter as much accept for voting. But that has become much more tribal and driven by systems and politicians the wealthy control.

[Anonymous]

Stock market at an all time high.

Peace through strength.

OP is poster child for social Darwinism.

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Anonymous wrote:Until I see leftists flying the don't tread on me flag while saying Trump is authoritarian

..I'm pretty sure they are marxist

Yep
Nobody treads on everybody like Leftists

Especially if you use the wrong pronouns.

Words or terms conservatives have cancelled:

-systemic racism or the word racism in general
-white privilege
-institutional bias
-non-binary
-trans rights
-climate crisis/global warming
-gay (e.g., Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law)

Here's a more comprehensive list.

accessible
activism
activists
advocacy
advocate
advocates
affirming care
all-inclusive
allyship
anti-racism
antiracist
assigned at birth
assigned female at birth
assigned male at birth
at risk
barrier
barriers
belong
bias
biased
biased toward
biases
biases towards
biologically female
biologically male
BIPOC
Black
breastfeed + people
breastfeed + person
chestfeed + people
chestfeed + person
clean energy
climate crisis
climate science
commercial sex worker
community diversity
community equity
confirmation bias
cultural competence
cultural differences
cultural heritage
cultural sensitivity
culturally appropriate
culturally responsive
DEI
DEIA
DEIAB
DEIJ
disabilities
disability
discriminated
discrimination
discriminatory
disparity
diverse
diverse backgrounds
diverse communities
diverse community
diverse group
diverse groups
diversified
diversify
diversifying
diversity
enhance the diversity
enhancing diversity
environmental quality
equal opportunity
equality
equitable
equitableness
equity
ethnicity
excluded
exclusion
expression
female
females
feminism
fostering inclusivity
GBV
gender
gender based
gender based violence
gender diversity
gender identity
gender ideology
gender-affirming care
genders
Gulf of Mexico
hate speech
health disparity
health equity
hispanic minority
historically
identity
immigrants
implicit bias
implicit biases
inclusion
inclusive
inclusive leadership
inclusiveness
inclusivity
increase diversity
increase the diversity
indigenous community
inequalities
inequality
inequitable
inequities
inequity
injustice
institutional
intersectional
intersectionality
key groups
key people
key populations
Latinx
LGBT
LGBTQ
marginalize
marginalized
men who have sex with men
mental health
minorities
minority
most risk
MSM
multicultural
Mx
Native American
non-binary
nonbinary
oppression
oppressive
orientation
people + uterus
people-centered care
person-centered
person-centered care
polarization
political
pollution
pregnant people
pregnant person
pregnant persons
prejudice
privilege
privileges
promote diversity
promoting diversity
pronoun
pronouns
prostitute
race
race and ethnicity
racial
racial diversity
racial identity
racial inequality
racial justice
racially
racism
segregation
sense of belonging
sex
sexual preferences
sexuality
social justice
sociocultural
socioeconomic
status
stereotype
stereotypes
systemic
systemically
they/them
trans
transgender
transsexual
trauma
traumatic
tribal
unconscious bias
underappreciated
underprivileged
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
victims
vulnerable populations
women
women and underrepresented

These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration
As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, according to a compilation of government documents.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html

Hey hey, the Harvard Admissions Committee word point list! 2 points per work used in your essays!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s not forget Stanford’s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative (EHLI).

https://stanforddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Stanford-EHLI-Harmful-Language-List.pdf

Good times, good times.

Omg, put this in a museum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stock market at an all time high.

Peace through strength.

OP is poster child for social Darwinism.

All time high? Good. I hope I get back the tens of thousands of dollars that disappeared from my retirement account when Trump first announced his stupid tariffs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stock market at an all time high.

Peace through strength.

OP is poster child for social Darwinism.

All time high? Good. I hope I get back the tens of thousands of dollars that disappeared from my retirement account when Trump first announced his stupid tariffs.

You did plus the USA is getting hundreds of billions from China and Europe plus trillions in investment and restoring critical manufacturing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has your personal reality actually changed?

I'm an upper middle class white female, and yes, my personal reality has "actually changed."

First, I lost my job, due to The Felon's budget cuts.

Next, my best friend who loves politics is profoundly depressed due to the antics of The Felon and his fascist supporters.

Third, my husband, who is from another country, is now talking about returning to that country.

Fourth, I got another job, where everyone is on edge because of The Felon's actions. No one knows what's coming.

Fifth, things are getting more expensive every day. I can't afford casual evenings out because restaurant prices have skyrocketed, but my salary has not.

That's it for the moment. There's more, but it's too depressing to talk about. Suffice to say, yes, the world here grows darker daily.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are free to leave.

beside the point. The fact is America isn't what it used to be. And we can be sad about that.

I don't want to leave. It's MY country. YOU LEAVE!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dramatic much, OP?

Go watch Squid Games season 3 - that will make you feel better about America.

No it won't because that's where YOUR America is headed, thanks to the Federalist Society and you idiots who voted for the felonious Diaper POTUS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s unrecognizable. It’s callous. It’s frightening. It’s stressful. It’s crass. I would say to anyone still thinking of coming here to not bother. There is no pleasure living in the US due to politics, standards of living, how expenses it is, the lack of real freedoms, half of the country engulfed by the maga cult even when facts stare them in the face, a broken and cruel SCOTUS who insists on unlimited executive power that has sealed our fates as a country, AI taking over, and tech bros being clearly in charge, our way of life being dismantled, education on its knees…there is no amount of praying that will ever see us through, it’s over for all of us. It’s too late.

Never been better.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/more-35-000-watch-general-181911756.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

The bot posts are boring. Give it a rest. Every single thing you post sounds identical. Where are you? Texas, I'll bet.

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Anonymous wrote:We had to sit through 8 years of Barack Obama's term and 4 years of Biden. You can deal with Trump for another 3 years.

And you guys didn’t complain at all, right?

There weren’t daily meltdowns like we have again this time. It’s comical to watch. And enlightening the level of privilege on display thinking the US is coming to an end and it’s the end of days.

It's absolutely pathetic and comedy. I come on DCUM just to chuckle at the latest unhinged blogpost and threads.

I mean it’s not just DCUM. It’s other social media like Reddit, etc. And many of the media in the US. And historians and academics. Well, actually lots of the newspapers and scholars abroad are also sounding the alarms. And even lots of former Republicans. Or as you call anyone who dares disagree with Trump, RINOs. Bc blacklisting people within the party who disagree is a totally normal thing. Come to think of it…most people outside of MAGA are pretty concerned right now. But you are right PP; everyone else=crazy alarmist and unhinged. We must all be delusional. Except MAGA. You guys see the “truth.” Makes total sense. Silly us. I guess when you are not on Fox News or Newsmax, you are just chuckling along.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s unrecognizable. It’s callous. It’s frightening. It’s stressful. It’s crass. I would say to anyone still thinking of coming here to not bother. There is no pleasure living in the US due to politics, standards of living, how expenses it is, the lack of real freedoms, half of the country engulfed by the maga cult even when facts stare them in the face, a broken and cruel SCOTUS who insists on unlimited executive power that has sealed our fates as a country, AI taking over, and tech bros being clearly in charge, our way of life being dismantled, education on its knees…there is no amount of praying that will ever see us through, it’s over for all of us. It’s too late.

Well then leave!

Yes, that's what the Dumpsters want. They want the intellectuals, the journalists, the people who believe in peace, equality, freedom to LEAVE our magnificent country to THEM.

Ya know what? We won't leave. We will drive YOU out. You're gonna leave because we are not going to stop fighting you until we win and take back our wonderful country from the clutches of the tech bros and bots and dystopian fantasists who are in control of the federal government.

You and your ilk must leave because you are ruining our country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has your personal reality actually changed?

I'm an upper middle class white female, and yes, my personal reality has "actually changed."

First, I lost my job, due to The Felon's budget cuts.

Next, my best friend who loves politics is profoundly depressed due to the antics of The Felon and his fascist supporters.

Third, my husband, who is from another country, is now talking about returning to that country.

Fourth, I got another job, where everyone is on edge because of The Felon's actions. No one knows what's coming.

Fifth, things are getting more expensive every day. I can't afford casual evenings out because restaurant prices have skyrocketed, but my salary has not.

That's it for the moment. There's more, but it's too depressing to talk about. Suffice to say, yes, the world here grows darker daily.

Can't you get a job that's not dependent on taking tax money from the public or the future generations being buried in debt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has your personal reality actually changed?

No, new poster, but as I told my Dh, an immigrant, I do not want to be the Nazi neighbor in history. We are slowly being put in that position with these taking of people Willy Billy off the streets and more to happen daily. Make noise, stand up, while we still can say something.

Remember that a huge portion of Americans supported Nazism, and a huge number still do today. Genocide is a plus for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t “cling” to our guns in fear —neither do Democrats, by the way, but bear them proudly and with purpose which is our right under the U.S. Constitution, a document which is the highest law of the land.

Certainly there are disagreements but are resolved peacefully by abiding by the rule of law.

Most of the wackos are in the Democratic party (who refuse to define the word woman) which is why they lost the presidency, House, and Senate.

The Democratic party is the political party that wants to take away guns not because they care about children (their pro-abortion stance proves this) but because they are cowards and fear citizens will blast them out of office by force when they try to become the next Hitler or Stalin, both of whom were Leftist socialists, one National, one Globalist.

Wow, this is rich. Covid brain?

Where's your well regulated militia now that Trump has overthrown the constitution and is sending brownshirt army to invade US cities?