A controversial proposal from U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to let bird flu naturally spread through poultry farms is raising alarms among scientists – who say the move could be inhumane and dangerous.

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    What historians will point to in my opinion are two key point in modern American history that unleashed the decent into madness.

    1. Raegan, his financial policies laid the groundwork for the modern ultra wealthy tech bros.
    2. 9/11, 9/11 turned patriotism into a national psychotic duty.

    After 9/11 you could slap a US flag on basically anything, shout patriotism and make a shit load of money while being thanked for it.

    Then it just rolled on.

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      Don’t forget the importance of the Citizens United ruling, which gave the green light to funnel unlimited amounts of corporate money into campaigns, reaching a crescendo in this past election when the world’s richest man bought himself a President.

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      Reagan was in place thanks to the Southern Strategy begun a decade or so earlier to ensure a voting percentage for the GOP and religious right no matter what. There are unfortunately many other “turning points” throughout US history where we could have gone a different route but chose this one, usually because “it’s always been this way” mentality.