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I was talking to one of my friends and he mentioned staying home on July 4, citing how there are a lot of really ugly things going on in the US.

After thinking about this myself, I'm starting to feel the same way. Instead of being proud of the country, I'm feeling like I'm just another wallet that companies and the government are trying to suck all the money out of.

The cost of living is going up, the housing market is a nightmare, I don't feel very confident in our government at all, the job market is a nightmare...

I think I'll be staying home this year too... anyone else?

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[–] How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Nobody has ever liked everything about the US. Not even George Washington. If you can't appreciate the good about the country just because you're paying attention to the bad currently then you should have never celebrated it in the first place because the bad was always there.

The things you dont like about America don't have to be your complete view of the country or its history. If there is even a small thing you have ever liked about the country then the 4th is for celebrating that.

Celebrate our victories. Celebrate our culture and our successes. Celebrate how mad people are going to be at you for celebrating. Celebrate that there are like-minded people elsewhere in the country. Real Americans in hard times and with doubts. Celebrate our history and our positive contributions to the rest of the world.

Celebrate a possible and hopeful future of what comes after.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I liked when we stopped putting immigrants in interment camps after WWII. They're building new one now so what am I meant to celebrate again?

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[–] strawberry@kbin.earth 0 points 1 day ago

it's just a day off to me, a chance to get wasted lol

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The last patriotism got squeezed out of me a good decade ago.

I could give two shits about this holiday.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

This is all I've talked about at work.
What are we supposed to take pride in specifically? I suppose pride in our resilience--there is great potential to learn from our repetitious failures surely

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m excited, it’s British Thanksgiving!

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I'll make a nice meal and reflect on what's driving us further from the country we're supposed to be. Thinking of it more like memorial day until there's something to celebrate again.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I don't know if I ever did but I certainly don't now.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm gonna be drunk enough to quiet the fireworks. Every 4th in LA, it's like a war zone.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Crossing my fingers for the local firework display barge catch fire in the bay. I just want a fun omen.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

yeah. but nothing to do with the country this is personal for me

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

bravely seating down

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I have never really felt patriotic for that date, June 6th is more apropriate, or even better, june 20th (this year)

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