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blubunyip

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20. whatever helps

Reply to calimary (Reply #13)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 05:18 PM

Thursday

thanks for your comments.

Until I see how this is going to be turned around, I am skeptical. Even if the assaults can be reversed or fended off, this country will not ever be the same or look the same to others IMO. When you're crossing the Rubicon, it's hard to imagine a future that operates the same way as before. It will be a new world. Maybe even a better world. Not a matter of giving up on America so much as a question about how to navigate that radical change of perspective. We can't just give up the fight, no, but we can't take anything for granted.

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To the world: It will NOT take a generation for America to restore its place as the beacon of Democracy and Freedom [View all] maxrandb Wednesday OP

In other words, they must return to sanity too. Frasier Balzov Wednesday #1

I think it will take two sane Presidents in a row, or one sane one with two terms. At least. Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #2

Hope you are right. In business it takes 20 years to rebuild a brand. What Trump has done is worse than selling... dutch777 Wednesday #3

Xi enid602 Wednesday #4

Well hey - at least trump won't be around anymore by then. calimary Thursday #11

Xi enid602 Thursday #14

I don't see how it's possible, the divide in this country is too great. NoMoreRepugs Wednesday #5

I wouldn't bet on that right now blubunyip Wednesday #6

Welcome to DU, blubunyip! calimary Thursday #13

whatever helps blubunyip Thursday #20

4 years Cne99999 Thursday #7

Considering the scale and depth of the damage that's been inflicted in a matter of MONTHS, let alone however long Karasu Thursday #8

We won't restore trust so easily iemanja Thursday #9

I signed in to Mme. Defarge Thursday #10

The architects of MAGA - Bannon, Gorka, Hannity, Greene, Miller, etc - they must face stiff punishments for this. Initech Thursday #12

Right now I give it 50/50 chance. LS0999 Thursday #15

Losing the dollar as the world's go to currency is already happening questionseverything Thursday #22

WTF? The US hasn't been a "Beacon of Freedom and Democracy" for 70 years. DetlefK Thursday #16

Exactly. It's only Americans who think it still is... Violet_Crumble Thursday #18

Magical thinking. n/t demmiblue Thursday #17

Regaining trust will take a VERY LONG time Martin Eden Thursday #19

Even if we win back the Senate, House and White House, MAGA won't disappear. progressoid Thursday #21

It is a public service to warn other nations about Donnie Dipshit maxrandb Yesterday #23

Other countries should recognize the US is not a reliable partner and plan accordingly for the long term. David__77 Yesterday #24