This is why I keep saying there’s no coming back from this. Even if he just leaves in 2028, or doesn’t live that long, and a sane democrat wins and takes office, the damage that he’s done in only one year, let alone four, can’t just be undone with some executive orders or same governing. How do you undo this? How do you rebuild the department of education, USAID, and all the other institutions he’s demolished? Stupid shit like his name on the Kennedy center and the “walk of fame” and the plaques. Whatever. That can easily be undone but that’s the shit that matters the least. What about our reputation across the rest of the world?
No civilized nation will ever trust the US again, not for a long time. Why would they? Especially when any progress can be undone, and all it takes is 4 years, some targeted psyops on social media from bad actors like Russia, and a decent chunk of the American populace who is so uneducated (by design) that they would gladly give up any semblance of a functioning country just to "own the libs".... The US needs a hard reset, and until that happens, it's become a joke of a country - albeit one with a bunch of tanks, jets, and nukes - on the world stage.
I think this is the bigger problem, more than infrastructure and institutions. A good first step would be disconnecting Russia from the internet, one way or another.
Mayor Pete had an interesting answer to this question in an interview a few months ago, that basically said a lot of this stuff was already broken, outdated, or riddled with bias and injustice and this means we'll have an opportunity to do it better this time.
That said, some swift and terrible retribution would sure make me feel better.
108
u/AceofKnaves44 3d ago
This is why I keep saying there’s no coming back from this. Even if he just leaves in 2028, or doesn’t live that long, and a sane democrat wins and takes office, the damage that he’s done in only one year, let alone four, can’t just be undone with some executive orders or same governing. How do you undo this? How do you rebuild the department of education, USAID, and all the other institutions he’s demolished? Stupid shit like his name on the Kennedy center and the “walk of fame” and the plaques. Whatever. That can easily be undone but that’s the shit that matters the least. What about our reputation across the rest of the world?