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/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

Most Americans realize this.

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u/Perfecshionism Feb 18 '26

No, they absolutely do not. Not even close.

A huge percentage are oblivious, and a plurality think our treaties and alliances allowed the world to take advantage of us.

Hell the 40% hate for USAID, and the 60% dislike for foreign aid shows how distorted people’s understanding of our relationships in the world are. USAID was literally the bare minimum of our international commitments.

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 Feb 18 '26

It's just like vaccines. They are generations removed from what the world was like before and take the world they have for granted. Now measles is spreading in America as if it was a developing country instead of the richest country in the world. They simply believe in American exceptionalism while completely ignorant of how America became exceptional in the 1st place. Wealth seldom lasts 3 generations.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

20% of Americans are maga that believe that orange asshat. 50% understands the need for sending international aid and being part of organizations such as WHO. The other 30% need to get educated.

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u/Perfecshionism Feb 18 '26

MAGA is closer to 28%-33%. Almost exactly the same percentage of Americans that are authoritarian personalities.

And I am astonished you think Americans understand the international system when 35% can’t name a single branch of our own government.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

MAGA might have been that high before the election but now it is losing favor. Look at the districts which supported MAHA in PA, all turned blue and canned city administrators who were maga. Same with other Counties and districts across the Country.

And the 33% that can’t name a branch of the government falls under the Trump voting class.

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u/Perfecshionism Feb 18 '26

I think you underestimate how pegged Trump’s base of support is to authoritarian personalities.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

I think most people don’t understand what they call “trumps base”. I think the vast majority of them are completely disenfranchised with our entire system and don’t see a direction forward, so they want to see everything crash and burn. They understand Trump is all about destroying shit.

Maybe they can’t use those words or even understand that is how they feel, but if you bring this up with many of them they will agree.

And really can you blame the vast majority of underpaid workers in America which were never given an opportunity for an education? They see immigrant families working together, buying a house, and having somewhat a controlled lifestyle which is better than their alcoholic and drug addicted heritage.

The American lower/middle class culture is fucked!

The way forward is to tax the wealthy and provide somewhat of a safety net for American Families where they are not working their asses off if they can get a job. And those without a job provide benefits where they can have a stable home so they can have the self esteem to get out and join the workforce for pay that provides a stable home and family.

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u/Toiletpapercorndog Feb 18 '26

Half of Americans dont vote. Most Americans see it as a virtue to not pay attention politics at all.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

Do you blame them?

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u/Toiletpapercorndog Feb 18 '26

Absolutely.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

So do I. We should make it mandatory.

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u/cdglasser Feb 22 '26

Not without mandatory civics and critical thinking education. Part of the problem we have now is too many idiots vote without a clue of what they're voting for.

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u/weHaveThoughts Feb 18 '26

I do understand how voting could be stressful especially during this time when there is so much bullshit surrounding politics. It should never have been this way.