# Is the US becoming a banana republic?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 10, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-becoming-a-banana-republic/675976 "2013-12-10T14:29:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-us-becoming-a-banana-republic/675976/266 "2013-12-26T18:25:31Z")

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> [@Riga\_Marole](#):
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> That’s not possible. It was\*\* NEVER \*\*better than it is right now.

You don’t even agree with that yourself (from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711322) extolling the virtues of past Chicago):

> [@It Fell Off The Back Of A Truck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-fell-off-the-back-of-a-truck/677144/5):
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> Yes! **Maxwell Street**! That’s it! Thank you! I’ve been trying to think of the name of that place for 3 days now. Nostalgia has got the best of me lately. Italian sausage, Italian beef, oooooooo! Parky’s hot tamales, mmmmmm! Riverview, wowwwww! The Hungry Eye in Old Town. hehehehe!(

Oh, wait. You were being sarcastic.

Amazing how your memory for the past is so selective. Not a single thing was wrong in Daley’s Chicago!

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