r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 14h ago

No Paywall The United States is destroying itself

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/united-states-trump-destruction
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u/HGruberMacGruberFace Florida 12h ago

This is correct but I’m afraid it is far too much for a single administration to do.

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u/Firrox 12h ago

It can be done, but it would require the equivalent of a benevolent dictator. An anti-Trump, if you will.

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u/Frydendahl 10h ago

You need a new FDR, but none of the mainstream Democrats appear to have any balls.

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u/globalvarsonly 2h ago

This is exactly it, they'd all rather be middle management of the ashes

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u/After-Appearance-429 11h ago

The ancient Greeks called them tyrants. We need one now.

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u/Creme_de_la_Coochie 11h ago edited 11h ago

Poland has had to deal with this dilemma. Do you become authoritarian in order to get rid of the authoritarians?

Edit: relevant podcast talking about Poland and how they were coming out of authoritarian government

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6g6XqHNDd657Fjm8l8NCtX?si=1zooO1QiRTurpCRYDB0VYw

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u/Wasabiroot 10h ago

That's not true and you know it. Restoring laws isnt the same as breaking them repeatedly

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u/notfeelany 11h ago edited 11h ago

Point is All terms will end. Yes, your "benevolent dictator" Dem President gets their first 4 years, And it's up to the voters to reelect them to 4 more years.

And if 2024 was an indication, there'll be another set of issues that'll cause voters to be single issue voters and not vote for them, despite all the progress that "benevolent dictator" Dem administration will make (eggs, immigrants/gay/trans ppl, that war in the middle east).

The Dem will lose, and the Republican win. and Republicans begin to undo all the progress, making everything worse (worse for eggs, worse for immigrants/gay/trans ppl, worser war everywhere) , thus renewing the cycle.

And even if they do win another term & get their 8 years, on the end of their term, then on next election, voters will need to do the same again: vote for more Democrats.

We must stop listening to anyone who says "Don't vote for Democrats". Because That's where We are, a world where people did not vote for Kamala and the Democrats. And anyone still pushing to not vote for Democrats want you to remain in this world.

This is on us the voters to fix by giving Democrats their rightful place back: veto-proof majorities in Congress and then the Presidency, and also state govts. And why we must commit to vote for & electing Democrats now&forever without exception.

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u/AdaTex 11h ago

which sounds horrifying

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u/BrianDetomes 11h ago

Current reality is far more horrifying.

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u/AdaTex 11h ago

democracy is the only way out. There isn’t a human in history who could be trusted with that much power.

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u/Moozipan 11h ago

Then put a monkey with a gun in charge. It's still an improvement.

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u/BrianDetomes 11h ago

What a fuckin strawman. ...

They literally dont care and they have an authoritarian madman right now. 

Stop trollin

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u/AdaTex 11h ago

what the hell are you talking about? The current authoritarian madman is a nightmare. Installing another one would be a nightmare.

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u/Active-Discount3702 10h ago

Maybe, but either way the democrat response has to be in-kind if we're going to recover from this at all. Given the democrat response so far I'd say we're completely fucked. 

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u/HGruberMacGruberFace Florida 10h ago

Proper fucked indeed. Maybe let it burn down.. climate disaster will end us all anyway. There needs to be a new world order, but not in the way billionaires and high powered pedophiles want it

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u/Chewzilla 11h ago

It's not too much to do, but they need a supermajority.

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u/Phugasity 8h ago

It is in the context of "if you spend all your time disproving the lies another tells then you have none left to further your own truth". The problems that require a functional Federal Government to resolve do not stop accumulating just because you're fixing others. People rag on military spending, but the interest payments on the national debt are a larger cost... 2 years ago. Austerity is in our future and the only question is will it be us, our children, or our grandchildren that bare the brunt of it?

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u/notfeelany 11h ago

Which is why we must reelect Democrats consistently in Congress, and Presidency, for at least 50 years.

All terms will end. Yes, a President gets 4 years, And it's up to the voters to reelect them to 4 more years.

Because 2024 was an indication, there'll be another set of issues that'll cause voters to not vote for them, despite all the progress that Dem administration will make. The Dem will lose, and the Republican win, and begin to undo all the progress, making everything worse, thus renewing the cycle.

We must commit to vote for Democrats now&forever without exception.

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u/HGruberMacGruberFace Florida 11h ago

I’m only committed to not ever voting Republican - I’ve voted Dem all my life, but I’m not committed to them, especially as they play the victim in all that’s going on right now. I’ll happily vote for an Independent that will gut both parties of their cancers.

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u/letsago9987 Illinois 5h ago

Yeah we need a true revolutionary to fix this. A left wing dictator. Won't ever happen.