That tension has been with us since the beginning. Jefferson was the perfect example. "All men are created equal," but only if you're white, male, and own land. A history of compromise on slavery in order to "preserve the union", only to have it rupture anyway. It goes on and on. This is America, and will be until we decide to make some real changes. I don't see that happening.
He could have built upon his early success and become an agent of change in the corporate world. Instead, he turned into another fascist troll and destroyed all of the goodwill he had previously had.
I started with an iPhone 5. I replaced it after the second battery started dying with an iPhone 8. Replaced that with an iPhone 16 when the second battery started dying. I always have them in an OtterBox Defender case and take good care of them, so batteries become the deciding factor.
I'm more emotionally open than anyone I know in my age group. I don't think my father quite understood it, and some past girlfriends were uncomfortable with it. My wife, on the other hand, thinks it's just fine. But even so, I've learned that it's in my best interest to keep things to myself with certain people and in certain situations.
I had a serious motorcycle accident in my early 40s. It was the kind that usually results in death, but I got off easy with a shattered collarbone, two broken ribs, and some road rash. I remember the initial impact and then lying on my back looking up at the sky, but nothing else. That nothing made me realize what death would be like, and it freaks me out. Thinking about how someday I'll just stop existing fills me with immense dread. I understand why some people are religious, it gives them an alternative to that dread.
Either she's stupid or got tired of deluding herself. Not sure which is worse.