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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Nov-2018 00:42:55 EST 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   Maybe half of the United States isn't misguided at all and genuinely does agree with Trump's message. Maybe people aren't what you thought they were. Nothing about MAGA is truly new and similar or equivalent attitudes have been common numerous times throughout history. In fact, *not* having such attitudes is the exception, not the rule...

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Nov-2018 00:54:08 EST 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      Capitalism and liberal democracy are both new and radical systems that have barely been around for a century. We don't actually know if societies based on these ideas are sustainable on the long term. The Roman Empire wasn't sustainable system and it took the Romans 500 years to discover that. The Byzantine Empire? It lasted for over 1100 years, but even that fell apart. In fact, nothing in history ever stays the same, except that the humans keep failing.