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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] [email protected] 137 points 5 days ago (1 children)

“The empire that defined the last century is falling apart at the seams. People notice.”

[–] [email protected] 92 points 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's not "falling apart." It's being intentionally dismantled.

Rubio's statement at his conformation hearing was basically "the Post WWII order isn't working for us, so we're ending it."

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Intentionally dismantled by a fascist theocracy.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And the theocracy is faked

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It always has been

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Right from when Constantin co-opted the Jesus movement to use it for state control of people's behavior.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Nah. Parts of it, sure. But a substantial portion from top to bottom sincerely believes the fairy tale. We're primed to have an old-fashioned power struggle between The Church and The King.