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- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 9 months ago:
Getting rid of dictators typically takes decades once they’ve built up their power base. I doubt Trump has that kind of mileage in him, given how old he is. But the damage has been done now. Trump has proven that the famous “checks and balances” of the US system just don’t work.
As for the US’s reputation in the world, it’ll take a long time to recover (if at all). One Trump Presidency was a blip; an experiment. A second Trump Presidency is like America saying “fuck you” to the rest of the world, especially its allies like the UK and the EU. Americans will be hated everywhere else as much as Russians are hated now.
It’s only February of the first year of Trump’s second term. Who knows what might happen in the next 4 years; but honestly, I think the US is done as a superpower and a reliable friend to the West. Every empire dies, and I don’t think I’ve ever read in history books about an empire dying quietly in its sleep; it’s always a turbulent process that historians can usually pinpoint to a specific precipitating event afterwards.
- Comment on When we explain to other people how our capitalist system works and they recoil in horror 10 months ago:
That’s just Americans. They can only think of 2 options; this or that. Democrat or Republican. Capitalism or Communism. Good or evil. Simple binary choices.
There are countries in Europe which are ruled by a coalition of 3 or 4 political parties. Very few Americans would be comfortable with something so complicated.
- Comment on The Hi and Lo directions on my range’s knobs 2 years ago:
At first I thought this was a new Marshall amp.