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The End of American Exceptionalism (www.foreignaffairs.com)
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[-] mercano@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

Trump was right about one thing, we are a nation in decline, but it’s not for the reasons he’s claiming.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Democracies grant immense power to the electorate. Including the power of suicide. Democratic systems are inherently capable of ending themselves because ultimately their survival depends on enough people believing in the system and holding the integrity of the system to be more important than any particular democratic outcome. That is lost in the US. Most voters don't care.

That truth alone makes a decent argument for US being in decline. It will take a long time , but it's beginning.

[-] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

The US isn't a democracy though, it is a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, where every election we get to select which group of oppressors will wield state power against us until the next one.

Also decline is caused by anticolonial resistance and the logic of capitalism breaking down. I would suggest reading Lenin's "imperialism" and Fanon's "wretched of the earth"

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Corrupt democracies should be suicided. Electoral college, first past the post, gerrymandering, partisant suprene court, gridlocked house and senate, bankers running money, wallstreet in charge of the commons, and that's just for starters

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