• yesman@lemmy.world
    15·
    18 days ago

    There is not more danger now than there was centuries ago

    The way you describe American history as “centuries” like we’re the Roman Empire or Egypt when we’ve only got 2.5 centuries to choose from.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 days ago

      Being a continuation of England more or less, you’ve got more. Especially since those democratic traditions were pretty English in the beginning.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      14·
      18 days ago

      Fair but my point still stands. We’ve been here a long time and though much worse times. (The US civil war comes to mind)

      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
        7·
        18 days ago

        (The US civil war comes to mind)

        I mean hey you’re right, we’re still here…but we’d really REALLY like to prevent a second one of those…From the reviews I’ve read it wasn’t a fun time for pretty much anybody involved.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          17·
          18 days ago

          There is no chance of a second civil war. The current “crisis” is artificial and brought on by the media.