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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (14 children)

From my understanding of it, the American Dream's going just fine! The only problem is most people misunderstood that it was about all of them.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

  • George Carlin

This isn’t new either.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That guy was ridiculously correct about a frightening amount of things...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

like many of the leftists saying the very same things. difference was that carlin was completely hopeless that things could change.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

To be perfectly frank, I can relate... Not gonna give up trying, just that I've never had much use for optimism given how things have been going overall.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

if you are still trying it means there some hope in you deep down

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Nope... zero. It's just what I feel is the right thing to do, regardless of results. And, on a more self-serving note, I will at least die with a clear conscience knowing that I did all I could do to follow and respect my principles, to be at least a quasi-decent human being.

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