Comment on RIP America

can@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• arschflugkoerper@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh my god it’s only been half a year D:

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  • Barrymore@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    5 months, he was inaugurated January 20th

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    • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Fuuuuck this is depressing

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• neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It absolutely won’t be.

  But it might be moving in the right direction.

  Regardless, will take decades/generations to fully recover from this, if ever.

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, you’ll never recover. Your previous status was the result of a very specific set of historical circumstances (specifically the fact that you were the only major power left standing after World War 2) that aren’t going to repeat. If you fall, the best you can hope for in terms of recovery is to equal the other developed countries of the world. You’ll never exceed them again.

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    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Unfortunately Americans cannot stand being told they don’t live in the greatest country on earth. It’s a wonder that fascism took this long to win in the US, because it’s fundamentally hyper-compatible with American Exceptionalism which every American besides a tiny fraction of far-leftists believe to be inherently and unshakably true.

      Where do you go from there when most of your population wouldn’t accept a trade alliance that doesn’t massively favor the US? Because even if Trump is impeached tomorrow that’s what Fox News will be running all day every day to successfully torpedo anyone attempting to rebuild the country.

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    • paperazzi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I believe the same. They will recover eventually, but they will never be a superpower again.

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    • thingAmaBob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Which is fine. Really would love to not have a fall happen, but ultimately if the rest of the world can thrive and move forward even with our current idiocracy taking hold, I can live with that. All I hope for is that this will pass and we can rise up from it.

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  • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Especially given that even in the best case scenario the period of recovery will be 8 years maximum. No matter who will be the next president, the one after will be another angry conservative, and I don’t believe there will be a lot of progress after.

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• Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now

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