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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] 78 points 2 years ago (14 children)

say what you want about the brits, but they wouldn’t have voted for brexit twice.

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  • [–] 90 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    They kept voting for the conservatives for a while after Brexit. They kept voting for Boris fucking Johnson.

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    To be fair the other side was just as much for brexit as the tories

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    To be fair, we don't have only two options. The Greens, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, and SNP were all opposed to Brexit.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You could say the same about the US though, but we still have the same shitty voting system that ultimately boils down to 2 parties barring massive upheaval.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Not at all, look at the linked map. We've only one party in ultimate control which flicks between the big two but we don't have only 2 parties with any viable chance at politics at all. The SNP etc, despite having no executive power, still manage to influence political thought. The same can't really be said for the USA in any meaningful way.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#/media/File:2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_-_Result.svg

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Well to be fair, you can’t exit something twice

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You might think that, but the United States exited from the Paris agreement on climate change mitigation twice: Trump first withdrew in November of 2020, then Biden rejoined in February of 2021, and now Trump is withdrawing for the second time.

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