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Trump isn't going to signal the downfall of the US no more than Obama has. Democrats have adopted the scare tactics and language of Republicans circa 2008
by zghst 10y ago
Trump isn't going to signal the downfall of the US no more than Obama has. Democrats have adopted the scare tactics and language of Republicans circa 2008
- MrZongle2 10y agoBoth major parties denounce the other's candidates as "the most extreme ever" like clockwork. Once that seed has been planted, confirmation bias does the rest.
- pnathan 10y agoHave you seen Trump's twitter feed? I've rarely seen such spew outside 4chan. Your average software engineer is more qualified, just by the signal virtue of having self control in public. It's widely understood internationally that this is not normative US election wank. I assure you, I'm not a Democrat either. I would probably be a Rockefeller Republican... if such a thing existed today.
- venomsnake 10y agoBerlusconi was worse. Italy somehow survived.
- themartorana 10y agoItaly is in a world of hurt with 12%+ unemployment, a 37% youth unemployment rate, actual problems at the government level with the actual mob, corruption that would make your head spin, and a desperately shrinking economy. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-italy-s-economy-is-about-to-collapse-a7091221.html http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/why-italy-s-economy-is-a... So no, not so much with the survival.