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How do you cope with the state of the world today? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by raynethackery to c/asklemmy

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Everything just seems so out of control. The US seems to be tearing itself apart. The world is on fire. We seem to be going backwards when it comes to freedom and human rights. We've turned our backs on each other. How do you cope with all this without just giving up?

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[–] raynethackery 5 points 5 months ago (4 children)

We can never preach our values to the world again. How can our allies trust us?

[–] workerONE 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The United States has been overthrowing democratically elected governments for a hundred years. The CIA has exported terrorism, trained gorilla soldiers to terrorize and torture civilians, and promoted fascism over democracy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change

We have a war on drugs that is really a war on people, an excuse to target people of color. We have a for profit prison system run by private corporations that lobby politicians in what is effectively legal bribery. Our entire economic system, capitalism, allows those with wealth to exploit those without, and to use their power and money to "lobby" politicians. People are never going to get a fair shake.

Edit: The US has amazing people and so much potential to survive and overcome our problems, but there's a darkness that motivates people in power, maybe it's fear of communism or fear of powerlessness, idk

[–] Mr_Blott 8 points 5 months ago

It's greed, mate

[–] jeffw 6 points 5 months ago

What values?

[–] Mr_Blott 1 points 5 months ago

Hey, we trust you!

About as much as any other international terrorist organisation anyway