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As someone (unfortunately) in the US, I fully expect the reputation of the US to be ruined for the rest of my life. I'm lucky to be in a decently progressive (by US standards) state, but I really would rather be anywhere but here in the US. We are fucked.
If it’s any consolation, Afghan, Iraq, Guantanamo and torture already meant the US was considered a turd world country. The only difference is Americans are now seeing what we’ve known for decades.
Oh, I've known that we were a shithole. But I had a tiny, miniscule amount of hope that we could pull out of it in my lifetime, at least when I was a teenager and young adult. Now, I have no hope. There's no coming back from this, at least not as the USA. Maybe if we balkanize, but that's unlikely to happen because of our oligarchs.
Yeah I’ve got some bad news for you. For as long as I’ve been alive, at least in Canada, we’ve not had a high opinion of the US. And we like you guys more than most countries.
I've been painfully aware my entire life, not to worry. It's just that there is no repairing it now, not in my lifetime. There may have been a slim chance of getting closer with our allies before a third of the country voted the dumbass in chief into office, but not anymore.
In Canada anyway the US government has been influencing our elections openly in bad faith and also threatening to annex and invade us this year. I don’t see you guys coming back from that one without some massive, major shifts in government and culture.
That's basically what I said in the first place, that I don't see the US coming back from this, at least not during my lifetime.
Well I’m more optimistic. It is NOT too late to do something. It is not too late for the American citizens to show the rest of the world that they do not want World War 3, that they do know right from wrong, and that they aren’t too selfish and cowardly to do something about it.
I won't say it's impossible, but as someone in the country, it's doubtful. We are a country built and operated on corruption and greed. It will take millions of American citizens to rise up, and kick the oligarchs to the curb. I'm afraid my fellow citizens are far too comfortable at the moment to actually take action. Minneapolis has given me a bit of hope, but until it's in every city for weeks at a time, I'm afraid nothing will change.
Well, I hope you guys at least try. Because I can’t fault someone for trying and failing but I absolutely can fault someone for not trying.
Lots of us are trying. I'm just not sure enough of us are.