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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The good thing about all this is that once Trump is done, and one day he will be done, the next guy who follows can finally build something good from the ground up

Chabging how American elections work, for example, has always been impossible. After this shit show, the pieces that are left will be broken enough to rebuild something good

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Americans will NEVER accept more than two parties.

Sadly it’s what you need so that the whole country won’t flip-flop every 4 years. One 10-15 congressman party who the major parties need to make concessions to

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[–] banshee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The same people would assert that we shouldn't be meddling in other countries affairs to promote democracy.

I'm not defending our history here - some of it is pretty reprehensible.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

A lot of it is pretty reprehensible. That being said, in the last 150 years, every single time that the US goes isolationist, we've had a world war.....

[–] ShyCake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Bless this old man's heart, I only wish it were true

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Well this thread is ample proof on why you can't trust American "leftists"/"progressives"/etc.

The jingoism runs deep and there is no low they want drop to to defend their country and their golden idols.

You could just admit that Sanders can be wrong, but so many just chose to go "actually, he is not wrong, the US sometimes supports democracies instead of dictators."

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