• JBar2@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Sure, but I was specifically talking about the US.

    That said, when the US has a potential leader embracing fascism/authoritarianism, it creates an opportunity for the growth of those political ideologies across the world.

    Keeping Trump out of office and believers in democracy in office will help blunt the power and growth of fascism across the globe. It’s not the sole solution, but it’s quite important that the most powerful country in the world not elect fascists.

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      9 days ago

      USA is not the most powerful or influential country in the world.

      In a neighborhood where every home except USA has universal healthcare, living wages, metric system, climate agreements, accountability, proportionate security, and low gun violence, USA is the crazy house that just shouts about how everyone else is wrong and waves its giant arsenal.

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        9 days ago

        Yeah, OK, the US isn’t the most economically and militarily powerful country, and by extension, politically powerful🙄

        To say otherwise makes you not serious

        As does bringing the metric system into the argument

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        8 days ago

        As someone from one of those other houses in the neighbourhood, yeah, nah the US is certainly the most powerful and influential in the world.