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Can in America or people who study the USA pick the definitive point we went from going up hill to snow boarding down hill and then came to a cliff which we have no clue what the bottom is? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fact that Citizens United didn't get thrown out immediately by the Supreme Court was probably the final straw.

[โ€“] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That certainly kicked everything into high gear.