The imminent decline of the USA (3 Viewers)

[GO]

From imperial cultural hegemony and all round pretense of being the good guys to global reality tv numbskulls ..in less than a lifetime.

Its something to behold!

I cant think of a particular instance of mass stupidity ..theres just too many .. but post your faves here

 

[ernesto]

From imperial cultural hegemony and all round pretense of being the good guys to global reality tv numbskulls ..in less than a lifetime.

Its something to behold!

I cant think of a particular instance of mass stupidity ..theres just too many .. but post your faves here

Loads of minorities voted for him, now going 'hey I didn't think he'd do the things he said he'd do to our minority'.
He did exactly the same in 2016. They were shown how much of a fucking knob he is, yet they still did it to them themselves.



It'd be fucking hilarious if it wasn't so sad

 

[seanc]

Democracy dies in darkness and stuff. I still hold out hope for that place. A little.

At least it gives the rest of us a better appreciation of the arts, culture, sport, not building gaffs out of sticks, political ideals if not practice, that the rest of us have, wherever we may be outside of the US.

 

[GO]

There is a number of things I find remarkable about this unfortunate transition...for instance

treating politicians like stars and parties like rival sports teams.. like...imagine wearing a sequined Bertie Ahern baseball cap. ..too the detriment of the public good
Imagine idolizing a billionaire ..billionaires

i cant imagine any of it without viewing it all as massively racist

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

It's like a big looting party

 

[GO]

There must be some serious difference in the quality of information we are being served ..to the average joe sixpack out in capachuhu wisconsion

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Democracy dies in darkness and stuff. I still hold out hope for that place. A little.

At least it gives the rest of us a better appreciation of the arts, culture, sport, not building gaffs out of sticks, political ideals if not practice, that the rest of us have, wherever we may be outside of the US.

Yeah - the Arabs for trump must be feeling sheepish this week

 

[magicbastarder]

I wonder how long it will take for trump's love of musk toadying up to him, turns to suspicion about how much power musk is wielding, and for him to shaft musk?

 

[chris d]

Musk needs to marry into the family.

 

[ann post]

I dunno guys.
I didn't really respond at the time but I had 'capitalism is in decline' lad chatting to me in the bar last week.
The pharaohs were about for generations, even after they'd lost their God king status.
We have a non too hidden USA/Russia alliance both with oligarch generals filling the royal courts.. people who can run half a planet on a 1/4 of their income. Both chasing isolationist models of North Korean flavour.

At very best the USA elect someone who reflects, well, American values rather than Merica as isolationist Russian corn and steel mill model, but every degree that is not that is likely a trump/oligarch stooge for decades.

Lads jerking off over Harley Davidsons in wife beaters are made for that world. That's the American that will keep the pharaohs happy. They are not in decline.

 

[Cormcolash]

I wonder how long it will take for trump's love of musk toadying up to him, turns to suspicion about how much power musk is wielding, and for him to shaft musk?

Sounds kinda Chinese

 

[taubstumm]

I was in deep-liberal america last week. I got the impression that those people are delusional. probably more than the maga people. it’s like a spell has been cast. they’re traumatised, but also completely unwilling to ask themselves any hard questions... it’s a strange thing to witness.

 

[egg_]

Deep-liberal America is my working environment, and I concur

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Deep-liberal America is my working environment, and I concur

There's a kinda shell shocked acquiesce to the new norm.

 

[magicbastarder]

Deep-liberal America is my working environment, and I concur

Is it a 'democracy will save us' belief?

 

[egg_]

It's more a "let's just keeping doing exactly what we've been doing, and the people who voted for Trump will come around to us next time because we're morally superior"

 

[magicbastarder]

US poll shows Donald Trump at new heights of approval after three weeks in office

President says Elon Musk and himself will unearth ‘hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse’ within US government

www.irishtimes.com

 

[therealjohnny]

 

[nuke terrorist]

Very rare for me to give a thumbs down but that qualifies.
Google were insanely seen by some as a Utopian corp in the 2000's.
The USA was terminally on the skids it is now very transparent.
I communicated with people outside English speaking world a lot for over 30 years and this continues to increase. As many have said there's nothing special about Americans - they're worth no more than anyone else.
And don't forget how soft people were on Genocide Joe and co.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Black and Women's History months removed from Google calendar

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/google-calendar-removes-start-of-black-history-womens-history-months.html