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by tialaramex
2 hours ago
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Yeah. This is also a threshold thing. There was a reluctance to accept that the US isn't as big a deal as it once was. The numbers weren't good during Obama's presidency†, but there wasn't much reason to ask "Is this still OK?" a decade ago and plenty of reasons to avoid stirring. Trump provided an impetus to ask the question in a circumstance where the numbers continue to look worse and there's political will to re-assess. † The US has far too much debt, far too much poverty (despite all those billionaires) and it doesn't look great by comparison to peer nations on lots of fronts such as health access and educational attainment. |
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