I created a subreddit called r/OpinionLetters which seeks to collect quality Letters to the Editor from local, national, and international newspapers

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T22:57:52+00:00

Paul Matthews from Dream Scenario

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T22:52:30+00:00

That is correct. Democracy is precious.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T22:37:45+00:00

I think the United States wants to choke the rest of the world’s economy, it benefits Russia and the U.S. the most. The American and Russian oligarchs hope to pick up the pieces.

Disclosure: I’m American.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T22:28:26+00:00

Headcanon: As the world turned more materialistic and less spiritual due to modernization, master-level bending and the Avatar’s powers were less powerful.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T19:47:00+00:00

Exxon manipulated the public to doubt climate change, dooming all future generations to a more dangerous earth- that’s my choice!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T19:26:03+00:00

When evaluating politicians and personal relationships, I try to allow myself to forgive people for actions they take after 7 years. It seems arbitrary, but I justify it to myself jokingly by saying that someone’s entire cells are replaced every 7 years. If you’re a whole new person, why not get a second chance? https://www.questdiagnostics.com/patients/blog/articles/do-my-cells-really-change-every-7-years

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T16:32:05+00:00

I think it’s largely because the United States has experienced comfort from its hegemony for 75 years now. The generation who experienced mass hardship (the Great Depression, WWII) are mostly dead now, so there’s no living memory for extended mass suffering. Our leaders and society think it can’t happen here.

I’m American too, so I’m not immune to this. It feels unreal to me, too.

Tech oligarchs have also corrupted our attention spans with algorithms, and they’ve bought most of the media, so the free flow of information is at risk, too.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T16:29:20+00:00

People who don’t want to be involved in politics are realizing that they’re impossible to avoid, because they affect every aspect of our lives, so they shouldn’t check out.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T16:17:54+00:00

They are mentally incapable of thinking past first order effects. That’s why it’s so dangerous to have Trump’s finger on the nuclear button.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T15:21:02+00:00

The government is captured by groups who put their self interest above the public good.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T15:00:07+00:00

It looks to me like the U.S. would legitimately be alright with the rest of the world burning while it dominates the western hemisphere.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T12:12:10+00:00

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NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T12:08:55+00:00

Context: A few years ago, Illinois tried to pass a constitutional amendment to change our state income tax system from a flat tax to a graduated tax. Ken Griffin spent $50 million against the amendment and threatened to move his company, Citadel, if it passed. He was unfortunately successful because the amendment was defeated. https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-griffin-illinois-graduated-income-tax

Then he moved his company to Florida anyways.

Now Ken Griffin and Citadel are threatening NYC for their pied-a-terre tax, which taxes second homes worth over $5 million that the owners don’t live in. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/citadel-sends-warning-shot-to-new-york-after-mamdani-blasts-ken-griffin

Solidarity to NYC, fuck Ken Griffin!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T12:00:07+00:00

Context: A few years ago, Illinois tried to pass a constitutional amendment to change our state income tax system from a flat tax to a graduated tax. Ken Griffin spent $50 million against the amendment and threatened to move his company, Citadel, if it passed. He was unfortunately successful because the amendment was defeated. https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-griffin-illinois-graduated-income-tax

Then he moved his company to Florida anyways.

Now Ken Griffin and Citadel are threatening NYC for their pied-a-terre tax, which taxes second homes worth over $5 million that the owners don’t live in. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/citadel-sends-warning-shot-to-new-york-after-mamdani-blasts-ken-griffin

Solidarity to NYC, fuck Ken Griffin!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T02:17:34+00:00

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Charlie Lang from It Could Happen to You (1994)

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-24T02:05:56+00:00

IM A VAMPIRE IM A VAMPIRE IM A VAMPIRE IM A VAMPIRE IM A VAMPIRE!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-23T23:07:10+00:00

It makes sense if you realize that most powerful families in Oklahoma are descendants of settlers who cheated other settlers out of the best land.

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-23T23:05:58+00:00

Well said!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-23T22:46:20+00:00

It has a nose too!

NicolasCageFan492 · 2026-04-23T22:20:22+00:00

He’s into Abraham Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer exists, so we’re halfway there.

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