They literally do, are you kidding? American soft power used to be unbeatable, it didn't go away by accident. They cut USAID. The playbook could not be more pointedly about harming America's image.
Don't get me wrong, we have always been somewhat fashy huckster dog-ass bastards, but it used to be charming in a way.
Pretty much yeah. Born rich. Never got in serious trouble. President, twice. Plays golf all the time. Eats fast food all the time. Gets to boss people around.
Trump won The American Dream Lottery. 77 million Republicans helped make that happen.
If this doesn't make sense then now would be a great time to start questioning what USA has been up to for the past 50 odd years. Because Trump and 77 million Republicans never did.
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yakko@feddit.uk · 22 pts · 216d
They literally do, are you kidding? American soft power used to be unbeatable, it didn't go away by accident. They cut USAID. The playbook could not be more pointedly about harming America's image.
Don't get me wrong, we have always been somewhat fashy huckster dog-ass bastards, but it used to be charming in a way.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 216d
Yea... I doubt the rest of the world agrees with the cuteness of our imperialism.
yakko@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 216d
I'm old enough to remember when they did. And we mostly had ourselves tricked too, that was the fun bit.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 216d
yeah, in a this kind of way "when i invade iraq its cute" type bullshit
yakko@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 216d
As the quintesson judge said, "Innocent!" Just feed me to a fucking sharktacon already.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 216d
I'm in my mid/late 40s and I remember a lot of hate for is in a lot of regions.
shittydwarf@piefed.social · 11 pts · 216d
They do
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 10 pts · 216d
Kremlin? Trump is the most American thing ever.
evenglow@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 216d
Pretty much yeah. Born rich. Never got in serious trouble. President, twice. Plays golf all the time. Eats fast food all the time. Gets to boss people around.
Trump won The American
DreamLottery. 77 million Republicans helped make that happen.If this doesn't make sense then now would be a great time to start questioning what USA has been up to for the past 50 odd years. Because Trump and 77 million Republicans never did.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 216d
the idle rich is hardly a uniquely american problem.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 216d
But Trump, the subject of the meme, is.
RockBottom@feddit.org · 3 pts · 216d
Embarrassing not knowing how to get rid of him.
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 215d
Trump is symptomatic of america as a whole, weird af to call him a traitor, to blame russia or israel
the united states is a fascist empire
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d
Baby killing loser
BoJackHorseman@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 216d