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Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:07 PM Yesterday

What it's like to live in a Pressure Cooker you ask?

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The expression "U.S. is a pressure cooker" is not a literal description of the United States as a cooking device. Instead, it's a metaphor used to describe a situation where there is intense social, political, or economic pressure building up, often due to conflicts or anxieties.
Here's a breakdown of what the phrase implies:

Building Pressure:
It suggests that various forces or issues are converging and intensifying, creating a feeling of tension or anxiety.

Metaphorical Application:
Like a pressure cooker in cooking, where trapped steam builds pressure, the situation in the U.S. is described as a place where unresolved conflicts or anxieties are mounting.

Potential for Release:
The metaphor also implies that this pressure could eventually lead to a release, whether it's through a resolution of the conflict, a political shift, or even a more dramatic event.

In essence, "U.S. is a pressure cooker" is a way to express a sense of heightened tension and potential for something significant to happen, much like the release of steam from a pressure cooker.
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What it's like to live in a Pressure Cooker you ask? (Original Post) Exp Yesterday OP
the Right has been wanting a race war for ever... FirstLight Yesterday #1

FirstLight

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1. the Right has been wanting a race war for ever...
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:12 PM
Yesterday

they are practically drooling all over themselves...

Congress is complicit, look at Johnson's words today...this was always part of the plan. Let us tear eachother apart, then they can sit back and take control...

horrible.

I love in a semi-rural area on the border of NV/CA... wonder how long it will be before the crazy hits here...

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