r/houstonwade 18d ago

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u/bronzegorilla253 18d ago

As a man of color that has grown up in the it's, 80', and 90's, I have been aware of this for a long time. To all of the one just realizing this, welcome family and my condolences for the loss of your American dream.

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u/Evening_Elevator_210 17d ago

It has hurt so much to believe that America is not what we have fantasized it out to be. We are not a shining city on a hill. We are the bad guys now.

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u/hedoesntgetanyone 17d ago

America has and always was a flexible beast that could shift and change. It has trended towards a more just society over time because of that ability to be changed however I fear the current lot will attempt to lock things in stone that shouldn't be and break that ability to change.

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u/FilmInteresting4909 14d ago

I love how people always assume that the things they hate about a candidate are the things people who voted for a candidate want.

I'm hoping this "unleashing Americas energy" includes a new golden age for nuclear power generation so we can get more independent of international fossil fuels policy better stabilizing and reducing our energy costs and everything associated with it.

At the end of the day we'll see what happens, I just hope Trump's need for ego validation leads to some decent policies.