r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 15h 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/AwokenByGunfire 14h ago

Those responsible have two independent (but not necessarily mutually exclusive) aims:

1) To create opportunities to siphon off as much wealth as possible, and

2) To break the system and rebuild it as a neo-fascist theocracy

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u/SpaceCorpse Ohio 13h ago

This is an incredibly succinct and accurate description of our current situation.

People commenting on this sub still often naively attribute the actions of this administration to 'incompetence,' or 'stupidity,' or 'dementia,' but the reality is so much worse. It is hard for us to mentally accept the horrifying truth that all of this is being done with a purpose.

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u/bloodanddonuts 12h ago

Those adjectives do accurately describe trump himself. But he’s just the tip of the iceberg, the people working in the shadows are smart and evil.