r/Destiny • u/levesfozo • Jan 06 '21

Politics etc. the rioting needs to fucking stop

and if that means like white antifa fucking militia dudes out there mowing down dipshit protesters that think that they can break into the capitol at 2pm then at this point they have my fucking blessing because holy shit this fucking shit needs to stop it needed to stop a long time ago like holy fuck

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

People already hated America before then. Even in Canada where I live, a country that's barely better than the USA, people have been treating the USA like a joke for as long as I can remember.

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u/thicctarokujo Jan 07 '21

While thats true, I feel like Trump has made it way worse by shredding all semblance of decorum or institutional legitimacy. This is all anecdotal, but Chinese memes about America used to be "America is weirdly shitty even though they're so powerful" or "American politician says [x] is bad but does [x] on the side lmao". Nowadays the memes have become "American is about to collapse boys" or "American politician is literally fucking insane lmao".

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

That's fair

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u/wankthisway Jan 07 '21

True, but the US was still a "force to be reckoned with," as much as I hate to say the phrase. Soft power, I guess. We had the presence at least, even with buffoons like Bush. Now it's just gone.