MAGA morons are so racist, they'll even throw their own wives under the bus.

But they're not racist at all, nope.

The funny thing is, this country is no longer the country I knew and loved growing up. I no longer recognize it nor think it encompasses the values it used to that made it great, so either this country always had different experiences for different people or their version of it never existed other than in their heads.

Or, worse, it was the version we learn about in our history books where there were suppressed classes of people and freedom was a one way street.

Actually it is, and in many ways it's even better.

Nonsense. Pure, unmitigated nonsense.

I could go on and on but I guess all that's nonsense to you.

In that regard you're right, but you're describing things that are actively being repealed/rolled back. The clear and present danger to that progress is a large reason why so many people think this country has taken a turn for the worst.

Couple that with economic stagnation and predation, the accelerating erosion of constitutional rights and the absolute rot in our political system and government? It's going to get worse before it gets better.

Zero appreciation for environmental hazards and concerns when I was a kid. Farms and industry polluted like hell with zero concerns. today? 100% improved.

They're gutting environmental protections and neutering agencies abilities to enforce what regulations are left.

They're setting public lands up for outright sale or destruction by leasing to oil/gas, mining or timber companies. All profits from said public land destruction are going to the corporations, of course. The public gets nothing but destroyed public lands.

The United States peaked some time in the late 90s I think. Maybe early 2000s at the latest before GWoT and rabid Reagan worship started taking over.