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by vladms 478 days ago
I think in various parts of the world people were already quite negative towards US. What happens now though is that some other countries will have second thoughts. I hope enough people can distinguish between one administration and "the people", but trust is hard to gain and easy to loose, so yes, some things will get harder.
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jajko 478 days ago
Countries? My friend right now add there all former US allies, including whole Europe and both your neighbors. Maybe gaining some new like guy from Argentina, Saudis with their murderous chieftain, and of course lets not forget biggest country on Earth by landmass.

US is a bully, and extremely unreliable one. We're in a no-trust era now. You will find some sympathizers of him everywhere of course, they mainly align with russian war supporters, at least in Europe. No surprises.

All this could reverse eventually but I just don't see it happening. 4 years is painfully long period and things will change forever, and I suspect not in ways 'architects' wish for. God I desperately hope we have at least some leaders with balls in Europe now that can steer adaptation to new situation quickly. We have massive potential at least matching current US one, but incorrect ideology for these times. And I suspect in 4 years situation won't change dramatically, if at all.

Remember those times that were, and how they were, how world was. I slightly feels like when 60s hippie era died and one Hunter S. Thompson quote comes to mind.

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morkalork 478 days ago
I'm reading his book Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga right now and there's an uncanny resemblance to present day in his comments about both the media and the ignorant, violent and societally useless men with deep-seated masculinity issues who became the Hells Angels (or MAGA as it is now).
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jghn 478 days ago
The US was already granted its mulligan in 2020. And then 4 years later the populace went and double down on all of this. It won't be so easy going forward.
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zamalek 478 days ago
> I hope enough people can distinguish between one administration and "the people"

"The people" voted for this administration precisely because of its xenophobic stance. Nearly half of us didn't want this, but we're going out the bathwater regardless: the majority and the administration are in agreement, and that's the correct perspective to have on the situation.

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