Today's OneWord: Modern

I thought we lived in the modern era. Why do we have white, gray-haired governors deciding who gets to be turned away from businesses? Why do we have a government more interested in their own paychecks than the people's savings? I step outside, and there's an initiative proposal claiming that people like me deserve to be shot in the head. This is the year 2015, and we don't know any better as a society? Give me a freaking break.

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