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The Popo posted...

Possibly the darkest day since 9/11

Not even close. Even if you somehow want to exclude terrorist attacks resulting in civilian casualties for some bizarre reason (Boston Bombing, Pulse Nightclub Shooting, etc) and an abdication to mob rule in some cities following massive riots, these have been a dismal 20 years that have included various government buildings being seized for far longer than the capitol riots took over the capitol building. In many ways, the capitol riots were a natural progression of our increasingly lawless culture where law enforcement has repeatedly stood down in the face of riots.

Of course, the darkest days in US history following 9/11 might have been when we Edward Snowden risked his life (and evaded subsequent assassination attempts) to break the news that the US government had been using PRISM to spy on *all* Americans and Obama was like, "So what?", and the issue dropped right there. That was probably the day I realized America (and maybe the world as well) was so very, very fucked and there's likely no coming back.

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