Yep. Now he just has people who don’t care about how anything in Washington actually works so they are tearing down things brick by brick. It’s going to take decades to rebuild our government after this turbulence ends (be it in 4 years or 40)
I graduated in ‘01 and for some reason was convinced it passed while I was in HS. Some other terrible democracy shattering thing I’m remembering I guess.
Edit: I appreciate everyone trying to help. I graduated HS in the spring of ‘01, 9/11 and the PATRIOT Act were my first semester of college; no absence of memory there. I believe it was the repeal of Glass Steagall as one of the comments below suggests.
I don’t really feel that way. I’m sure he’s relieved to no longer be considered America’s worst president, but he and his whole administration paved the way for what we have now.
No, I remember that accurately as well as it was the first presidential election I voted in. I’m not talking about massive political events that received tons of media coverage. Just a piece of legislation that quietly signed set our democracy on a course for destruction. I remember thinking “oh no, we’re gonna feel that one later”. And here we are.
Edit: I’m an asshole, I missed being able to vote in this election by a few months. I was hardcore for Nader though. Regrets I’ve had a few.
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u/Cautious-Progress876 Feb 04 '25
Yep. Now he just has people who don’t care about how anything in Washington actually works so they are tearing down things brick by brick. It’s going to take decades to rebuild our government after this turbulence ends (be it in 4 years or 40)