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MineralMan

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2. I agree. We should be farther along that arc.

Wed Jul 30, 2025, 09:56 AM

Jul 2025

But we're not. In fact, it's looking worse. We now have a fascist-leaning populist in our highest office.

We'd better get on this or we won't be able to get off it.

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80 Years of Trying Is Circling Down the Drain [View all] MineralMan Jul 2025 OP

MLK said, "The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." Ocelot II Jul 2025 #1

I agree. We should be farther along that arc. MineralMan Jul 2025 #2

I have always loved that quote (in my opinion one of the best, and most poignant, ever) stopdiggin Jul 2025 #8

I had a patient who was a quadrapalegic Hornedfrog2000 Jul 2025 #83

LOL popsdenver Jul 2025 #57

I don't understand your LOL -- this is not a laughing matter Hekate Jul 2025 #89

NOPE popsdenver Jul 2025 #91

That quote from MLK never made any sense before and it doesn't now NoRethugFriends Jul 2025 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author Mblaze Jul 2025 #3

I turned 80 in Dec 2024 AverageOldGuy Jul 2025 #4

We worked very hard Mblaze Jul 2025 #5

I'm 75 and when I was 11 years old multigraincracker Jul 2025 #6

I chose childfree I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #93

... emulatorloo Jul 2025 #7

sorry you are feeling tired and down Kali Jul 2025 #9

I turned 79 this summer. Biophilic Jul 2025 #10

dear mm. ever since the devistatimg kerry and edwards losss , i have been at a loss. AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #11

I am feeling much the same way PatSeg Jul 2025 #12

right there with you.... markie Jul 2025 #13

Yes, we carry on. MineralMan Jul 2025 #14

I was actually thinking this morning... Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #30

I was born in 1949. Scruffy1 Jul 2025 #15

Yes. That's what I have done since 1960. MineralMan Jul 2025 #16

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle struggle4progress Jul 2025 #80

I'm 81. Your life and mine have a lot of parallels. "Old age ain't for sissies" Bette Davis Ping Tung Jul 2025 #17

Big K&R for a Big DU Contributor Martin Eden Jul 2025 #18

Thanks for sharing your hard earned wisdom and perspective! A bit younger, but I shared your disappointment. I have wiggs Jul 2025 #19

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Uh. no, thanks! MineralMan Jul 2025 #21

Enjoy your short stay at DU calguy Jul 2025 #22

I have a feeling you may be a bit too liberal for this website BWdem4life Jul 2025 #23

You're a real jerk, aren't you Grim Chieftain Jul 2025 #24

It sure looks like it wendyb-NC Jul 2025 #25

Happy Birthday 😀 malaise Jul 2025 #26

Corporate power and capitalism will not allow the kind of progress we yearn for. BWdem4life Jul 2025 #27

When I was in high school, if a girl got pregnant out of wedlock she had two choices. totodeinhere Jul 2025 #28

Seeing the same stuff... Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #29

On the subject of children and grandchildren popsdenver Jul 2025 #58

Happy birthday . . . I think. I'm 4 years behind you, but your post feels like going back in the time machine. Vinca Jul 2025 #31

Thanks for the reply! MineralMan Jul 2025 #33

Thank you for your heart felt post MineralMan. 1WorldHope Jul 2025 #32

You have done more than most. At some point, our role becomes to advise the younger LoisB Jul 2025 #34

Happy Birthday Mineral Man lostincalifornia Jul 2025 #35

Not as happy as I might have liked, I'm afraid. MineralMan Jul 2025 #36

Thanks for the great history, MM! I've been reading you... keep_left Jul 2025 #37

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. MineralMan Jul 2025 #39

A belated happy birthday, MineralMan - and I hope your birthday yesterday had some real joy, that highplainsdem Jul 2025 #38

Right there with you. I grew up in the BA, home to the hippies, LGBTQ, alternative lifestyles. 58Sunliner Jul 2025 #40

Don't feel badly, MM. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2025 #41

Right there with you Figarosmom Jul 2025 #42

I feel your pain. riverbendviewgal Jul 2025 #43

I have a quotation for you nuxvomica Jul 2025 #44

Congrats on a good life - so far. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2025 #45

Soon to be 86 and I have those same feelings! young_at_heart Jul 2025 #46

I am happy that you remain mentally fit and hale enough to share that with us... Moostache Jul 2025 #47

These are difficult times. No question about it. MineralMan Jul 2025 #50

Thank you for all of your service! Tbear Jul 2025 #48

Excellent post MM. It really is a cruel and unraveling Evolve Dammit Jul 2025 #49

Truly, we live in interesting times. MineralMan Jul 2025 #51

Ironically, it feels like what my Dad and other family members fought against since the civil war. Evolve Dammit Jul 2025 #53

I think it is always the same fight. Always has been. MineralMan Jul 2025 #55

MM and other Boomers at DU JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #52

Honestly, we were opening doors for ourselves, mostly. MineralMan Jul 2025 #54

Until 2023 JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #59

You and I have been on similar paths our whole lives. One key difference: we did have one child. usaf-vet Jul 2025 #56

You've done very well, I'd say. MineralMan Jul 2025 #60

Yes. I wrote DU last week about having the same depressing review, see link Dock_Yard Jul 2025 #61

Thanks for this! madamesilverspurs Jul 2025 #62

I am also 80. Codifer Jul 2025 #63

My father was a B-17 co-pilot in England, WWII, fighting a nazi dictator Number9Dream Jul 2025 #64

Dear MM, sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #65

My best wishes to you. MineralMan Jul 2025 #73

All too relatable, minus the escape to Costa Rica Hekate Jul 2025 #75

I'm right there with you. Katinfl Jul 2025 #66

Throughout history social progress has ebbed & flowed. It's never been a simple linear progression. CaptainTruth Jul 2025 #67

The end of my story remains as yet unwritten DFW Jul 2025 #68

That is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Thx so much for this production & post. ❤️ Hekate Jul 2025 #77

I had imagined in my head MANY years ago DFW Jul 2025 #79

The Parody Project put it out on their channel as sort of a breather from politics. DFW Jul 2025 #84

Dear MineralMan, if I may JMCKUSICK Jul 2025 #69

May it be so. MineralMan Jul 2025 #74

You accomplished much. creeksneakers2 Jul 2025 #70

Nothing Is Wasted. / You speak for me, MM. Your life has been so much more adventurous than mine ... Hekate Jul 2025 #71

When the Ship Comes In struggle4progress Jul 2025 #72

This is one of the most amazing posts.. Permanut Jul 2025 #78

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Thank You. You've had a great Life. BurnDoubt Jul 2025 #82

To Everyone Who Visited This Thread: Thank you so much! MineralMan Jul 2025 #85

And what changed during your 80 and my 78 years? Septua Jul 2025 #86

This Hekate Jul 2025 #88

You may be disappointed, but don't be discouraged vanessa_ca Jul 2025 #87

I'm 76 and feel I have a job to do to meet these times The Blue Flower Jul 2025 #90

It's a dark place in our history for certain Septua Jul 2025 #92