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The United States is Falling Apart and the World is Taking Notice (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's not "falling apart." It's being intentionally dismantled.

Rubio's statement at his conformation hearing was basically "the Post WWII order isn't working for us, so we're ending it."

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Intentionally dismantled by a fascist theocracy.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And the theocracy is faked

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It always has been

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Right from when Constantin co-opted the Jesus movement to use it for state control of people's behavior.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nah. Parts of it, sure. But a substantial portion from top to bottom sincerely believes the fairy tale. We're primed to have an old-fashioned power struggle between The Church and The King.