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How does America end?

America will not last forever, and I'm honestly worried about it surviving the next half-decade. The current administration is just the latest round of rot that has eaten away at America's core. The rot is the religious-level fascination with hyper-capitalism that is so common among the

A letter to my younger self

Hi John, it's me, you. I'm older, wiser and all that shit. Oh yeah, I say swears now. You'll figure that out in college. So, this isn't a letter to tell you which stocks to buy or lottery numbers to bet on.

How to be friends with a transgender person

I've been "out" for about 6 months now, and I've had the opportunity to meet lots of people as my new self. Everyone I have met in person has been nominally supportive and kind, for which I am very grateful. I'm writing

Deconstructing Nazi Arguments Against Immigration

(Cover image source credit Robster16) The title? Hell yes it's inflammatory. America has flirted with fascism several times in the past. The Red Scare, the Sedition Act of 1918, and now. You might say, "yeah, but those Trump supporters were a minority." Yes, so were the

What the fuck is even happening right now: an analysis

I'm writing this for a number of reasons, none of which are to persuade anyone to switch sides. I do, however, want everyone to have a better understanding of what they're disagreeing with. Political discourse these days seems to be mostly nut-picking and piling on outrage

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