We’ve been listed as a flawed democracy by the Economic Democracy Index for a decade, so it’s been a while since it’s been purported as well.
Not sure why I was so vague in my original comment. The moment US democracy died was Citizens United.
US hasn’t been a bastion of democracy since the fall of the USSR. Probably wasn’t before then.
We have a national narcissism crisis.
Fox News will and they will repeat it.
A lot of them are completely brainwashed by Fox News. It’s their primary form of entertainment. They will die believing the propaganda. They’re a lost cause unfortunately.
Putin pioneered this in Russia. He funded protests against himself to play agent provocateur and make anyone who is against him look foolish.
Now you get it.
Idk man, he’s lost like $200billion dollars or something since the inauguration. Is more unpopular than ever to the point that his car company’s sales are crashing by >50% in some markets.
Maybe he’s just an idiot clown in an clown idiot system.
Elon has violated securities laws blatantly for years now. Yeah, he won’t be held accountable. And a good half of people still wonder why inequality is such a bad thing.
Have the most money in the world.
Memes are dumb. The facts are cavity rates have come down in those countries at about the same rate as they have in the US.
Much better ways to apply it. Toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. There is evidence that links fluoride to unwanted side effects that would literally cripple society if they had effects because we are literally exposing every child to it.
This is so much more effective, less wasteful, and safer than putting it in tap water that every person will be forced to drink liters of every day.
It’s so obvious and the people pushing for fluoridated water seem so stupid to me because they have literally nothing to support their argument except the status quo. It’s one of the worst examples of hivemind I’ve ever seen.
Most of Europe does not have fluoridated water.
It’s extremely different to say that you can get similar exposure by drinking certain drinks rather than getting that same exposure through tap water. You realize that right? Like you’re comparing what will be a once a day dosage versus how someone stays hydrated. They will drink liters of tap water a day. They will not drink liters of tea.
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/assessments/noncancer/completed/fluoride
The NTP monograph concluded, with moderate confidence, that higher levels of fluoride exposure, such as drinking water containing more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter, are associated with lower IQ in children. The NTP review was designed to evaluate total fluoride exposure from all sources and was not designed to evaluate the health effects of fluoridated drinking water alone. It is important to note that there were insufficient data to determine if the low fluoride level of 0.7 mg/L currently recommended for U.S. community water supplies has a negative effect on children’s IQ.
Merely twice the recommended fluoridation level in the US was found definitively to lower IQ in children. That’s far too close and the benefits are not there. Most countries DO NOT fluoridate their water. The US is one of a few developed countries that do. Those countries that don’t have seen similar reductions in tooth decay as the US as dental hygiene has become more culturally and publicly supported. I don’t know if you’re paying attention to the news but there is a fuck ton of evidence that something is deeply wrong with the American populace.
Most of Europe does not have fluoridated water.
I watched a lady who studies dictators on a Wired video recently and she said about 30% of the population believes in dictatorship as an effective way to govern. She explained it as people who are generally dictatorial in their life. My way or the highway type people. Tyrannical microcontrollers. Helicopter parents, etc. These people seem pretty common in my experience so it made sense. And considering about 30% of the population voted for Trump and 30% voted for Harris and the rest didn’t vote it makes even more sense.
It’s the politicians job to get votes.
Democrats are complicit in this too. They refuse to engage with viable alternatives so they allow this to happen so that when the country is in crisis they can step in and offer nothing but level heads. Until people get upset again then they step back into the shadows to allow Republicans to do their fearmongering.
Yes, it’s why when you meet a fascist in the wild or online they will always counterargument with trolling and non-sequitur nonsense. Fascism cannot survive sincerity.