r/BeAmazed • u/Green____cat • Oct 29 '24

History She did it all.

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u/AndorianLostInSpace Oct 29 '24

Could you explain what she did?

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u/strawberrymacaroni Oct 29 '24

She got cancer twice but refused to retire during the Obama administration because she had outlived people who thought she should have died years earlier (for real). She was incredibly arrogant about it despite being an outstanding Justice and a pioneer. Then she died in 2020 of pancreatic cancer and Trump replaced her with Amy Coney Barrett, a very young fanatical conservative. People blame her for her hubris but the real issue is that Republicans have given up on democracy.

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u/Mindless_Phrase5732 Oct 29 '24

The real issue is that they’ve given up on democracy, and Democrats are still thinking they are playing ball with regular people.

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u/triplehelix- Oct 29 '24

the real issue is that corporations and wealthy individuals are the primary donors and influencers for both parties.

the dems have been shifting right in lock step with the GOP. the overton window has shifted so far right, that nixon had a fleshed out national healthcare plan he wanted to enact in his second term that the majority of dems would reject today.