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

submitted 1 week 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] 43 points 1 week ago (39 children)

Not fast enough. Look at what it did to Gaza and realize that it can still do that to anywhere else it wants.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 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."

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago (16 children)

~~falling apart~~ ➡️actively being destroyed since RBG passed away

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

~~RBG~~

Harambe

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In our hubris we put our dicks away. We were warned of the consequences and we didn't listen. Indeed, the only way forward is forward is, once again, DICKS OUT FOR HARAMBE!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

RBG

who?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Ruth Bader Ginsberg - supreme court justice

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - progressive Supreme Court justice.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If only she had retired when there was a chance to replace her with a progressive instead of hanging in until she died.