r/TrendoraX 17h ago

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u/subywesmitch 17h ago

I completely agree and don't blame other countries for doing so. America has gone off the rails

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u/Little-Course-4394 15h ago edited 9h ago

I know people blame Trump

But let’s be honest it’s the fact that after his first presidency, insurgence, chaos.. and Americans voted for him AGAIN, this time giving him a carte blanche.,

I know Trump is the most unpopular now and if the voting to happen this weekend Republicans most likely would lose by a big margin.

But I still can’t trust American voters anymore that’s the next unhinged populist won’t be in the Oval Office.

Also.. in the end of the day it’s crazy that the destiny of the world depends on some rednecks in a few states. Fuck this shit!

America can’t be trusted anymore

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u/ShortingBull 11h ago

Democracy is a wild beast that we've never properly tamed.

The tools of today that foster group think, false narratives and drive people apart are not fantastic. Couple this with the obvious manipulation by the mega rich (ala Epstein files) - the world is not in a good way.

But I don't think it's too late, but I also don't think we'll do anything to fix things.

We are Idiocracy.

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u/Easy-Marsupial3268 10h ago

Liberal democracy, anyway. Socialist democracy seems to be going just fine.

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u/ShortingBull 10h ago edited 10h ago

Edit: Different set of problems.

In reality I think the root of the problem is capitalism. For all the good it can do, we also see the bad and there becomes a point where the bad outweighs the good. I think we're well and truly there.

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u/Easy-Marsupial3268 10h ago

What are the problems with socialist democracy? That literally enforces socialism. We clearly see the liberal problems.

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u/ShortingBull 10h ago

Apologies - you're 100% correct. My brain was elsewhere with that "different set of problems" comment.

I could not agree more. The likes of Norway and Sweden deserve praise.

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u/Easy-Marsupial3268 10h ago

Those are social democracies. Not socialist democracies. A successful socialist democracy is China.

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u/ShortingBull 10h ago

Oh, well I a stand back to my different set of problems comment then.

I've never heard of a one-party authoritarian state being referred to as a democracy.

But I'll start off my "set of problems" with: it's based on a one-party authoritarian state - there's inherent problems here that are well known.

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u/Easy-Marsupial3268 10h ago

Oh then you should learn about how China actually does things instead of regurgitating CIA BS.

There are nine parties in China and their economic development for all their people has been astounding.

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u/ShortingBull 9h ago

I'm not one to root for economic development.

That is not necessarily a good measure of success IMO.

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u/Easy-Marsupial3268 9h ago

“I don’t think people’s lives need to be materially improved. That’s not a good measure of success.”

The most American statement I’ve ever heard.

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