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The American century is over, and the obituary was just written on British television by an Australian economics professor and a Chinese game theorist while Trumps own former economic advisor sat between them and tried to pretend he couldnt hear it.
Nobody wants to go there now, mate.
Not for a holiday. Not for a job. Not for a degree. Not for a marriage. Not for a future.
You broke the brand. You cant unbreak it. You cant tariff your way back. You cant drill your way back. You cant bomb your way back. You cant AI your way back. The trust is gone, and trust takes generations to rebuild, especially when the people who broke it are still in power and still being cheered on by 77 million dropkicks who think Sean Hannity is a journalist.
The Hollywood scripts have stopped working.
The audience walked out.
The lights are coming up on a very different theatre.
https://ifloz.substack.com/p/nobody-wants-to-come-to-america-mate
Blues Heron
(9,045 posts)Chasstev365
(8,166 posts)Aussie105
(8,201 posts)Murdoch found life uncomfortable in the UK, tried Australia but got rejected here too.
Then he knocked on YOUR door and you let him in!
You knew what he was - or should have known.
He was a US citizen. Or doesn't it matter?
stopdiggin
(15,653 posts)the kool-aid was willingly ingested by hateful 'patriots' - coast to coast.
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betsuni
(29,321 posts)But we truly have dug our own grave
.
I wish that I had the words that could help us dig ourselves out of this mess, but I don't.
77 Million voters decided to vote for Donald, even when he threatened to end our democracy/Republic - and they didn't care.
Close to 80 couldn't be bothered to vote in the face of that threat.
We are now all paying for their choices, not us, but the world, and worse the disease is spreading.
Can't blame a single demographic group because 'all of them' in some large and smart percentages voted for Donald.
Even saying that history will judge Trump offers little solace, the damage is being and will be done.
I just finished reading '22 Cells' about the psych of the leading NAZI survivors - the men that were close to Hitler, in some ways it sounds like Trump's Cabinet.
As Dr. Kelly said at the end - they, the leaders, members of the Hitler cult, were in some ways - just like us. There are many similarities between Germany (then) and America now.
calimary
(90,901 posts)It is sad.
Almost impossibly, unspeakably sad.
Im not gonna give up. But it makes me sad to see whats happened, and specifically what the Donald has done. And so far, I dont see as much pushback as Id like.
But Im NOT giving up, DAMMIT!!! As long as I can object (at the very least), Im gonna do exactly that.
And Im pretty doggone sure there will be others also refusing to give up. Hopefully we find each other, and combine our voices AND our strengths.
And KEEP BUILDING from there!!!
hedda_foil
(17,025 posts)Deuxcents
(27,759 posts)Cha
(320,793 posts)Done by his Puppet, PEDO.
Anybody thiink Traitor gives a shite about "America"?
And, it's not "our fault".
We don't buy "Murdoch's fox shit."
But Steve Keen, Jiang Xueqin are dead on.
Thank you, Swede. ☮️💙 I have to mention again, I'm proud that my son-in-law is from Melbourne, and my grandkids from their family have dual citizenship.
yonder
(10,318 posts)Thanks for this Swede.
Figarosmom
(13,568 posts)Remember him being on Bill Maher's show with his ever present smirk. Part of the reason I stopped watching Maher. Other part is Maher is stupid.
Exp
(1,029 posts)La Coliniere
(2,001 posts)every American needs to hear and decide how they become part of the solution, it its not too late which I fear it may be.