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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 6 days ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 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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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Intentionally dismantled by a fascist theocracy.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And the theocracy is faked

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It always has been

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Right from when Constantin co-opted the Jesus movement to use it for state control of people's behavior.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Nah. Parts of it, sure. But a substantial portion from top to bottom sincerely believes the fairy tale. We're primed to have an old-fashioned power struggle between The Church and The King.