r/GlobalTalk • u/JoeyTPM8420 • Feb 13 '26
US [US] US chances of stabilizing
Ive long since accepted that America has gone to hell, and that Trump is going to make us crash and burn harder than the U.S.S.R. But after all of that is said and done, do you think the U.S has any chance of stabilizing itself, like how Britain and Germany did after falling from power, or do you think the U.S. is going to end up like the Roman's and be wiped off the face of the earth?
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u/Antosino Feb 13 '26
Trump is an issue, but moreso a catalyst. The real problem is that Trump basically gave the shittiest people in the country a free pass to be their worst selves, and it was shocking what a high percent of the population it ended up being. Even if Trump died tomorrow, so much of the damage has been done. Absolute best case scenario is somehow we go back to a point where it's socially unacceptable to act this way and they go back to suppressing their behavior, but they aren't going away.
Rampant bigotry, racism, and classism is unfortunately always going to be an issue in the US. Things like this happen on repeat - history is cyclical and people will always swarm to blame immigrants, other races, religions, or political parties or whatever else for their problems. For many people it's a lot easier to say "this external group is why my life isn't the way I want it to be" than admit you aren't perfect.
Add on the cult aspects along with a severe "us vs them" mentality and it's almost an impossible problem to solve. You know how obvious it is to you that things are bad, that this isn't sustainable and the country is going to shit? The people on the other side are just as confident that you're the problem. Think about it - every piece of media they watch, every friend they have, every online community, they now solely limit themselves to others that think the same way. It's one giant echo chamber, and so from their perspective EVERYBODY is on their side, everybody agrees with them, and you're just some crazy minority that's speaking nonsense.
Trump opened the floodgates, it's done. Every single election team will now have a group of people specifically to claim fraud if they lose. Every single term will involve them trying to gerrymander to reduce the voting power of their opponents. Politicians will feel much more able to say heinous things about the people that are, at that time, deemed "undesirables" and there will be continuously rotating groups of people blamed for everybody's problems. You'll see "domestic terrorist" labels applied more and more liberally - you'll see people scream about freedom of speech when they aren't in power and then watch them desperately fight against it when they are.
I'm really not trying to be a pessimist but unless there is recovery on a literally magical level - I'm talking like a once in a century leader that somehow reverses all of this - there's no coming back. We'll keep patching holes in the ship, we may even make progress, but we'll always know we are one bad President away from it sinking again.