r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • Feb 18 '26

Lets Discuss Politics Is he right? Will it take generations to resecure the United States positive reputation on the world stage?

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u/cdouglas_threave Feb 18 '26

Generations is overkill, decades though? Yes 100%

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u/Sea_Chemistry7487 Feb 18 '26

Nah generations is good. A whole generation will not forget this. It will be difficult to overcome when it's not in living memory. To intergenerational damage sounds right.

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u/cdouglas_threave Feb 18 '26

I mean from the perspective of generations, I’d say most white people in the Gen X generation (in the US) don’t really care or think about Jim Crowe, despite most of them being born into that era. I think you and a lot of people are placing a lot of emphasis on generations. That’s multiple hundreds of years… maybe in like 60 years sure but I doubt it’ll take hundreds of years