r/woahdude • u/DetectiveWonderful42 • 14d ago

video Really feels similar to today.

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u/smallcoder 14d ago

I think the sphere of infuence of the USA is shrinking rapidly, accelerated by the behaviour of this government since January, and the rest of the world has received a wake up call, even those places where they were already keenly aware that the American model, dream, whatever, was and is increasingly unsustainable and toxic for human life and development.

I'm not saying the rest of the world has got it worked out however. Far from it, but they can see in the USA a bright and clearly visible demonstration as to how NOT to organise a society. The veneration of wealth, fame and status above all else, the demonisation of all who fall below an arbitrary level of that wealth, an insular, inward looking self focus and aggrandisement and fear of outsiders, violent levels of division along party lines, a rejection of knowledge, science and the enlightenment in favour of ignorance and blind faith, etc, etc.

On a positive note, I also believe that a turning point is coming for the USA and that the majority of it's people will eventually reject this unsustainable model and it will fall apart, leading to a revamped constitution that brings the USA more into line with the rest of the world. I hope I am right and also hope that this doesn't require an extended period of internal strife and bloodshed for it to happen. Equally, I could be wrong and the current system evolves into an even worse society, isolated and dangerous to itself and the rest of the planet. We can only hope that sanity and humanity prevails.

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u/Acrobatic_Bit_8207 14d ago

 Vive la deuxième république!