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Raven

(13,893 posts) Sat Feb 26, 2022, 12:17 PM Feb 2022

I have a WWII ration card that I found in a drawer after my parents [View all]

passed away. Today, it is a reminder to me that we have yet to feel any real pain from Putin's war. I wonder if the American people are ready to make sacrifices...the same people who swooned at the thought of having to wear a mask or get a shot to protect their neighbors or their own family members. I think that the Republicans are betting that we won't be up to the challenge.

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I have a WWII ration card that I found in a drawer after my parents [View all] Raven Feb 2022 OP

And sadly, they're probably right peppertree Feb 2022 #1

I said to Mr. Femmedem recently that we've lost our sense of shared sacrifice. femmedem Feb 2022 #2

I have all.of my dad's gasoline ration cards. He was a farmer and sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #3

My grandfather on my mother's side owned a chain of restaurants in Iowa during WWII. Dial H For Hero Feb 2022 #4

There was a huge black market for ration stamps back then MichMan Feb 2022 #5

I wasn't thinking about specific things, I was just thinking about sacrifice in general. n/t Raven Feb 2022 #9

There are very few left that went through that and remember the sacrifices sdfernando Feb 2022 #6

No. We have no concept of or desire for shared sacrifice anymore. AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #7

Actually have the one my mom had while carrying me gibraltar72 Feb 2022 #8

The U.S. is not at war. former9thward Feb 2022 #10