Did Congress approve the allocation of money for this project? No.

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    It must be difficult to be an American watching Trump destroy the country your ancestors have been building for hundreds of years. He has caused massive generational and irreversible damage at this point and its only getting worse.

    Oh, and China just set a trade surplus record above 1 trillion thanks to Trump, first and only country to do that, how is all that winning going?

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      What’s even harder is watching family and neighbors try to explain why it’s a good thing.

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          I basically already have (years ago). But when you’ve got family that hasn’t been cut off, the ones who have still manage to make appearances.

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      It’s insanely difficult. All of this shit has substantially changed who I am at my core. I opted not to leave the country a few years back because my parents wouldn’t have been able to get in anywhere else for being too old.

      Now I’m pretty much waiting around for this whole thing to get rebooted.

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        Now I’m pretty much waiting around for this whole thing to get rebooted.

        That’s part of the problem. Everyone is standing around waiting for someone else to fix it for them.

        You gotta pull together with others and work as a group to fight back.

        I know group cooperation towards a common goal runs counter to the "nation of rugged individuals " mythos that Americans have for themselves, but that’s what it will take.

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        It can’t be rebooted until the series finale ends… in civil war.

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      My ancestors were forced from their land by the American government in an event known as the Trail of Tears. So this is kinda a mixed bag for me really…

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      very difficult and complicated. Positioning my family to endure and outlast so that we can stay whole longer than the honor lasts among the thieves while others around me get consumed by the machine instills a very gilded sense of accomplishment peppered with guilt.

      we’ve been a disgustingly individualistic country since the end of WWII best I can tell. Every adult born after 1948 that I’ve met has been selfish to the core.

      the complicated part is I know they’ve been programmed to remain in a childlike mindset through radio, TV and internet… arguing with the retarded (clinical term, don’t flame me) is uncouthe to say the least.

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        Every adult born after 1948 that I’ve met has been selfish to the core.

        … What…? Are you a bot?

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          Everything you don’t agree with is fake and/or AI, yes. See how dumb that sounds?

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            Honestly not as dumb as thinking everyone born in the last 78 years is selfish.

            Generalize much?