Mastodawn

"I think the majority of Americans (including left-wing voters) have not fully grasped the fact that our standing in the world will not recover in our lifetimes.
Even if we elected two full-term Democrats in a row, it wouldn't change the perception of the rest of the world. Because the rest of the world has discovered we do not have a system that prevents our nation from pivoting 180º toward authoritarianism when a madman is elected."

- Tony Rush

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Arthur van der Harg

@VeroniqueB99 I wouldn’t say 180°. It’s not just the authoritarianism within the US, which is bad enough. But we in the West have found out that said madman can single-handedly make the US turn on longtime allies and betray them. That is an experience that many countries already had with the US, but now he’s done it to us. He’s blown up the trust we had in the US and we won’t forget. Because the next madman (after those two hypothetical two-term Democrats) could betray us again. Just like that.