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4) How do you save a country which doesn't even believe in its own ideals anymore?
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3) The only way I see this being fixed is if Donald Trump so clearly mucks things up that NOBODY could conclude he succeeded, and I don't even know how we get there: I fear many Americans just stick it out until the end
Because this may be who we are
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2) How do we even fix a country which voted for this?
Watching Americans vote for Donald Trump, twice, and then watch the GOP just stand by and let him burn the country down is beyond demoralizing: it's numbing, it's just another 'this is who we are now' moment of clarity
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My sympathies
At least you live in a proper country (the UK)
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Fair enough
And Mearsheimer is the broken clock who was right once
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Isn’t that even a little unfair to Sam Huntington?
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I mean many Mearsheimer 'realists' I am not including our Dear Leader, who I think actually wants Russia to win
I am more referring to people like this
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/18/r...
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Honestly: I don't get what deal they think is so good for Ukraine to take? It's like they've just assumed Russia will accept Finlandization, when in reality they want Mongolia (from 1928-90)
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American business leaders turning into invertebrates was predictable
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they're only ineligible until the HOF changes the rules again. More importantly we have a LOT of guys getting too many bites a the apple. How many more times do we need to reconsider Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Albert Belle and Luis Tiant?
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It’s lots of fun so far!
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The world is always sunny in Civ 7!
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How much memory do the people in Fallout have of figures before the Great War?
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Yep
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I have argued with my Dad over what happens, and I keep telling him I bet Trump runs again in '28 and my dad says 'he can't' and I keep asking: 'who is going to stop him?' the reason we're in this mess is the GOP basically gave up