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

submitted 6 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] 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Though I'd hardly signal her death out as the defining factor or turning point of the US's decline...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Some would say Reagan, but personally I think it was doomed from the wild west days. Rugged individualism bred the selfish nature that's led to where it is today.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

We were built on a native American genocide. Maybe they cursed us lol.