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Why js that dude going in with his bike
It’s an amphibious cyberbike
Funny how it looks normal and care-free like Germany in the 1920s, and how it looks like Germany in the mid 1930s now. I wonder why…
Germany in the 1920s
You mean two years after they lost a war? Yeah, very care-free
Before the support of the thin blue lining
And like in every other picture set like this, it was America’s fault things changed.
Well yes, being the most powerful country in the world you get a lot of blame. I wonder why?
The lawn was prohibited then.
Guy riding a fucking bike into it, the old pool somehow lasted through that attack
I think that’s a unicycle, which makes both more, and less, sense.
And Jenny.
He was actually getting the bike out of it. Its acutally where all bikes came from before 1992 and bull clintnn.
The British have always based their government on a similar mechanism, despite the occasional protest:
“Listen: strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
It doesn’t work with bicycles either.
POTM
You can just walk in it?
Watch out for leeches, there’s bloodsuckers all over that property
Especially in the White House and Congress.
No this is AI. Occasionally you’d see people dip their feet in but it’s never been widely used as a wading pool. It’s typically quite dirty and filled with goose shit.
Not AI. People absolutely make the poor choice of wading in. Not everyday but it certainly happens.
In 30 years I’ve seen maybe two people total, much less a dozen at once. Lmao there’s a dude with a bike for some reason. Come on.
You can, but these days you can only do it once.
Look at all those criminals!
Domestic terrorists!! I hope they got the book thrown at them. You can’t just be going around touching water like that.
I genuinely don’t know if you can.
You could but it was always kinda gross, but tourists famously don’t care. It’s river water that sits stagnant.
Show an after picture
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how many repugs have been cycled through since then though?
So, where is the military?
In Afghanistan
America in the 2010s is the new Iran in the 1970s.
taken over by religious radicals.
Stripping away rights from women
Regime changed by oil interests
Like Iran in the 70s
For everyone who doesn’t know. An anecdotal summary (look up yourself for facts, i am just recalling from memory)
Irans democratic elected ruler tried to nationalise the oil industry which was largely controlled by the UK and US who then staged a coup to reinstate and support the monarchy in return for securing them that control.
This made a lot of people in Iran very angry with the West.
That monarch went kinda mad with oppressive power to the point that the clergy was the only real opposition left. Which created the conditions that started the islamic revolution.
And we seemingly learned nothing as one of the Trump regime early ideas for the current war with Iran was to reinstate and back the monarchy with the current last descendant living in the US.
Most of these pictures that show Iran before the revolution also show upper class citizens. The most people, especially outside the big cities, lived in relative poverty. So it is like showing pictures of the Russian aristocracy before the revolution to show how good people had it under the Tsar.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m in no way shape or form a fan of the Ajatollah regime but the picture is more complex and nuanced then many people think and just showing two pictures from before the revolution and now are misleading at best.So, sort of like Washington D.C. urbanities and tourists vs. much of the overflight country.
Hell, DC in the tourist sense is only a small part of the city. You could just as easily make the companion to the Capitol area vs some neighborhood in the north part of the city.
funne
Stranger things have happened. I could see a timeline that goes like:
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The election in 2028 is blatantly stolen by Republicans, establishing a mask-off dictatorship.
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After a decade, they’re eventually ousted by a popular front consisting of civil society advocates, leftist organizers and activists, and religious movements.
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As the regime falls, the religious movement takes over everything and establishes an overt theocracy.
Don’t worry! They don’t need to “steal” elections, why would they? It’s not as if the Democrats will reverse anything, they’re all making a fortune. Remember Biden’s presidency?
If Republicans seized power, that would be a fatal mistake (and they know it). I pray to God that I’m wrong and you’re right, and that they do seize power, because that will be the end of this charade. If only
Time is a flat circle that consists of only about 100 years.
As they say, history doesn’t repeat, but it sure rhymes.
blatantly stolen
Won’t be an election bud
He meant that Democrats will shift so much to the right that they will be good enough for an average Republican voter which will make voting unnecessary.
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We cannot have people enjoying themselves now can we
To be fair, it’s killed a few ducks with all the algae and chemicals in it right now… It probably isn’t a good idea. But also we know that’s not why they’re stopping people.
Particularly during a 250 year anniversary or anything
Preposterous
The wealthy can enjoy themselves, but not the poors.
That picture’s awesome! What was the context?
“Demonstrators cool off in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, Washington D.C., May 9, 1970.”
It’s important to remember that these aren’t average US citizens. These are only those wealthy enough to travel across the large country and take a vacation.
Do…do most Americans never get to see their capital? Most people I know have been to the capital of my country at least once.
The USA is huge. IDK what country you’re from, but I’ll use France as a point of comparison because it’s large and the capital isn’t really in the center.
Bayonne->Paris is about the farthest you can be from the capital while still living in mainland France. That’s 770 km.
This is shorter than the distance from Washington DC->Atlanta, which is in one of the original 13 colonies. It’s pretty close to the distance from DC->Indianapolis, but that’s still within the 1776 USA borders (albeit, an unorganized territory of the 13 colonies).
Add in the Louisiana purchase and various conquests westward, and a Californian visiting DC can be like visiting Paris from Kuwait.
It’s reasonably common for USians to visit their state capital at some point in our lives, but visiting DC is definitely an upper-middle class vacation unless you happen to live in a nearby state already.
depending on where you live. I live in Florida and most people have visited
Downside of the cost of living and size of the country. You actually are very lucky if you can travel.
If you have enough time taking the bus long distances is very affordable.
Time is money here in the states. I can’t pay rent for an apartment full of my stuff if I’m traveling and not working. To go away for one week I need at least 2 weeks of pay saved up. I’ve had the privilege of traveling before and am saving for another time in the future but the fact I can save at all is because of a series of lucky breaks.
Also I have terrible credit so no one will ever give me a cc that isn’t a horrible deal (400ish) and if something goes wrong and I’m stranded what then? I know I’m not alone in this.
if something goes wrong and I’m stranded what then? I know I’m not alone in this.
seriously. i don’t want to have to go knock the door of [church what done me and mine wrong] and beg for help. i know i can find folk in it who would, but like i worked in homelessness services and there are areas of the country where if you don’t wear a cross and praise jesus you’re fucked.
There are large areas of the US where simply taking a bus is impossible without also having to drive a long distance to the nearest station. There’s also the fact that it’s a pretty sizable country, so someone in SoCal or thereabouts is looking at a multi-day trip if they’re not flying, which then adds the cost of hotels, cabs to/from the hotel if the stop has no transit nearby, etc.
I’m from a bigger country than America.
rephrase: downside of living in a big, only partially modernized country
me too!
I’m in TX. For me, it would be 21 hours of driving assuming no traffic or stops. Given gas prices, it would be cheaper to fly. And given the price of flights, if I’m splurging on plane tickets, I’m probably going somewhere pleasant to be so I can ease my poor mind from the constant flood of cortisol that is modern life—DC is a place that will bring only resentment and misery.
Ive been there only once and I live only like 4 hours away. Most people of they arent in the area around Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey or new york USUALLY never visit. The further you are away the less likely you are to travel there. Usually DC is a day trip for those that live close, otherwise you then have to add plane tickets and hotels to your trip and that becomes prohibitively expensive for many Americans.
I’ve been to DC once, long ago. It was a shithole
Correct. Most can’t travel to another state. We are more or less enslaved. Vacation doesn’t exist. Housing isn’t available. You’d be better off living in mexico, trust me.
I can’t speak for “most Americans”, my income is pretty median but I highly value travel and tourism so I make it happen from time to time. If you like parks and museums there is a shit-ton to do in and around DC, and it doesn’t have to be any more expensive nor unsafe than visiting any other urban cultural center like NYC or Miami.
I had time to visit two museums while i was there: the Air and Space Museum (which was surprisingly dissappointing. OMSI up in Portland, Oregon had had most of the same exhibits and presented them in a more dynamic manner, but the Smithsonian was definitely still worth the time) and the National Art Gallery (I liked the sculpture garden and the impressionist exhibit they had the most. If you don’t know what to do in an art museum, pick your favorite piece of art in every room. then figure out why it’s your favorite. it’s a really fun game). I would love two weeks of free time to explore DC but like, life.
I can’t justify the gas cost to drive as far as my state capital, let alone travel all the way across the country to Washington DC. Not that I could even fly there since I’m not willing/able to get the fancy ID needed to get on a plane and leave my state.
i live on the west coast. I’ve been once for work. i can’t afford to go for fun.
It’s several hundred dollars just to get there from the west coast. Many Americans do not have 800 dollars they can throw at a vacation.
It’s at least 3000 miles from the West Coast to the capital. Unless you’re Russian, it’s hard to compare
Canada. China. Point still stands ;)
Some non-wealthy people live close enough to visit whenever though (source: I live in the suburbs of dc)
if you live on the West Coast sure, but it’s not that far a drive for a lot of people in the south
(you know how everyone talks about the photos of pre-islamic-revolution iran? i was doing the thing)
