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Observing American politics feels really strange at the moment (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by pet1t@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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As an outsider (I live in Belgium) it feels very weird and dystopian to see everything happening in American politics with Trump and Musk.

On one side, it's very interesting and almost entertaining; on the other side, it's scary. I can't imagine what it must be like to live in the USA.

Americans, how do you cope? What's your take on the situation?

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[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Many of us never believed in American Exceptionalism, since we could see this country slipping backwards while the rest of the world continued to progress.

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[–] afronaut@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 years ago

It feels like American Exceptionalism was only seriously being challenged post-9/11.

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