Erosion of Trust & National Direction
These complaints express a deep sense of disillusionment and betrayal regarding a perceived decline in national leadership and direction. Individuals feel misled, manipulated, and concerned about the future of their country, citing broken promises, compromised values, and a disconnect between leadership and the well-being of citizens. There's a pervasive feeling of powerlessness and a loss of faith in established institutions.
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“I still think when Europe starts ramping up they'll be the actual winners, given they don't carry the baggage of ongoing genocide and imperial expansion like the US and China”
“Thank you for your response. I honestly wish it were only about the islands. It's about we are been reduced -47.5 million people- by strangers online to a single stereotype. According to them, we all think we're European, we're all racist, and that's supposedly enough to justify hating every single one of us. I've even seen people say that we all deserve to die because we're all "bad people." I have friends from all over the world and from many different backgro”
“Eventually something’s gotta give. We can’t continue like this forever. My husband’s been saying forever that God is probably getting ready to flush the toilet of humanity and start over.”
“Thank you. It's not a difficult line to draw at this extreme point though. If anything, I can't understand how people can still look the other way. In Japan, right wing politics has been gaining momentum. Foreigners are an easy target to blame. But the foreigner population is still incredibly small. And we are not the reason for many of Japan's problems. The government has been making many new rule changes for foreign residents. Many of which are hurting Japan more than helping. As y”
“Broadly I don't think this is quite so true, quite such a mortal threat.What I see are that there are a lot of extremely fake humans, who want and need cover. Who have absurd ridiculous (and often dastardly or sinister) plans. Who want to do things, a-priori. But could never get away with their actions, in any just clear reasoned normal rules of society.And AI is this new circuit breaker. It's innovative permission to move ridiculously fast and break everything, right now. Take the perhaps old”
“I just want to say I really respect you drawing the line. Living in the US, it can be difficult to draw such a strict line, and still get by. There are so many people that support him, even more that don’t seem to care what he or his supporters are up to. It is scary and sad to see happening real time. How do you feel this is impacting the international community? It feels so all-consuming here inside the US, but my sense has been that what is happening here is connected to, and also effecting a”
“If there are bad people doing bad things we should just give up on treating each other with respect and teaching our kids to do so? Half these kids couldn’t tell you what DOJ, POTUS, or CEO stands for- what makes you think they’re more influenced by that than their upbringing?”
“"America is so awful right now. Even after Trump's time is over, so much damage has been done. I don't know if the US can recover. I'm not hopeful honestly." News to me as an American. There are plenty of places you can be in the US where you won't even think about or discuss politics. Of course if you decide to discuss it you can find a bad conversation anywhere.”
“This is just a really sad way to live. I have friends and family who voted for Biden and Kamala. I don't respect their political opinions at all and any attempt to engage them on issues reveals an extraordinarily shallow depth of political thought, but I can acknowledge that their politics comes from a place of "what if people were just nice to other people?" type of thinking. But I still care about them and all the other aspects of our friendship can still be excellent despite not”
“I can understand what you are saying - and the wealth inequality and associated stress is spreading all across the world indeed - and wealth inequality may indeed be what breaks corrupt capitalism's back, as the pendulum has swung too far. I know folks who have moved to Scandinavia because of how unfair and nakedly corrupt capitalism and politics has turned into, in the US.”
“Trump obama bill Clinton biden George bush George Soros hiliray Clinton. Hes a worthless war criminal sell out trash to Israel and Rothschild bankers a terriost country thats not even a country. Wastes our tax money on Israel thats more than billions funds terriost like isis al Qaeda fake sunni Muslims saudi arab muslims thats alliance with terriost Israel. And created by Israel that promotes terriosm child trafficking wars to steal oil attack innocent countries for Rothschild bankers commits wa”
“Would you want to compromise your beliefs for more secure income IF that was the only option? Personally, it feels like we're long past the point of that being a good way to live one's life.”
“You could also argue that the corporate facade has been killed by information sharing against it. LI culture, and the world mocking it for years now, has really killed the drive of people who don't want to slave away for company cults. Yes, they're also dumber because they had the high speed Internet crutch their entire lives. But they're enlightened to the bullshit in the world we had to go through to get where we are. And now? Everyone at the top feels the same way as these kids. A”
“thanks. This is good to hear. I'm going insane here and thinking - is this how it's going to be.”
“They're going to try and make you think this is a "get off my lawn" or "kids these days" cop out, but what you're seeing is 100% real.”
“I'm going to hold your hand when I tell you this. They were never real. Key Opinion Leaders are a bullshit term made up by morons who want to sell stuff.”
“The US government is already taking stakes here and there. Those are non-voting, minority stakes.”
“The funny part is rural America keeps voting for these fkers that want to destroy their health access and interest... They keep voting against themselves... MAGA cult has convinced them they're part of the billionaire class but in reality, they're despised and hated. Please vote in November.”
“That’s why the billionaire CEO’s are building underground bunkers. They don’t want to be around for the French Revolution style revolt when we’re all starving lol 🫠”
“It's just another reason why the hyper divide in society over politics is worse for everyone 30 years ago it was completely normal to be friends with people that are on the opposite side politically from you Now you can't even have a co-worker that disagrees with your beliefs or these people are going to lose it”
..this is where our country is going?..full-on military??..thanks Trump..
“Because I lived there for 20 years, and I learned history in high school unlike American kids do, plus I watched the news. Illegal ice raids, a complete collusion with mega corporations poisoning the people with impunity, the silencing of people’s first amendment, all of those are plain to see. Only the dimmest boot lickers can’t see it. I thought it was self evident, my bad. I should have brought it down to your level so you could understand.”
“Our society is so tangled in manipulative values a person must align that even the pure and natural goal to find your purpose, follow it, be a creator, builder, explorer, contributor with like‑minded people and make long lasting impact can sound like a cult for someone. I get it. Just come and see for yourself, only if you feel you need it.”
“Thank you. I'm not selling my product here. I don't want to capture your time, I want to liberate it. That is why the values and worldview are more important than " more concrete beginning phase". You are human being, not a commodity with a pulse.”
“But isnt this what US citizens want? Being hostile to unions and calling every attempt for small people to get it better ”communism”? Voting people like Trump into office?”
“In order to build utopia, you had to site multiple different nations. No county has it all and none are perfect. I will take America ten times out of ten. I don’t expect everyone to love it but if you don’t like to, then pick one of those countries and move. What I love about America is that there is no nation on earth that gives you more opportunity to choose your lifestyle. None. The life I’ve created is amazing for me and I’ve built it in the same system you view as unfair and broken. How is”
“Classic way to make money. Trumps dad aparently did the same thing in Canada during the gold rush. Don't gamble on gold, instead sell the gamblers pick axes (at exorbitant prices)”
“Stop calling people fascists when they aren't, it's throwing oil on discussions that are already heated enough as they are. Let's try to keep things civilised, there are enough examples of what will become if we don't. The system worked as designed: a majority was not found, so the status-quo won. We all don't like that status-quo, obviously. But 1 unfavorable loss is no reason to go haywire against the entire system, because that's how you actually get fascism. On an add”
“im not trying to be my usual asshole self, but it will come off this way - the government literally doesnt care - they will lose your tax revenue and just create a tax on AI output. its a zero sum game - they will sell you on solutions, but its a solution to a problem they created. you cannot regulate market efficiency, its not how the world works. If you want a crash course in trying to regulate a market, look at ANY country in Europes tax load versus their per capita income. they make 1/2 to 1”
“Don't get me wrong, China's miserable too, but most countries are a lot closer to becoming like that than people like to cope about and I'd rather have a multipolar world where people at least have some competition and reason for their population not to defect. I don't usually ragebait, just getting screwed around by useless institutions and needed to blow off some steam. If you wanna talk solutions I'm feeling a bit better and will be able to tomorrow”
“Who determines what's worthy of hiding? That's the real question that you're failing to see. China already censors actual real-life history as part of their laws. Don't be a sucker.”
“Are you ready to be labelled a dissenter and traitor to your country for using self hosted apps? I mean clearly you're self hosting to hide something - why do you have something to hide? Nothing to hide, nothing to fear”
“Yeah, techno-libertarian served into techno-authoritarian before anybody knew what hit ‘em”
“It’s easy to see it that way, but also realize the reason you feel so strongly about these things getting ruined is because you cared so deeply about them in the first place. There’s a hope in that. A hope that maybe enough people share your sentiment and will take some action to make a real difference. There already is a lot of that out there. The negativity just gets more of a spotlight.”
“its like nowadays many people just love to live in virtual world, they just dont care if its real or not.”
“https://preview.redd.it/x0n78txrikch1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=64aea7c02366ccbbfc7c1e64fb58942ba4afcf24 To be honest we are to blame ourselfs, but i dont know what alternatve really is. taking guns maybe. submitted by /u/DaveAstator2020 [link] [comments]”
“I must have missed it, was more focused on doomscrolling covid news at the time”
“Exactly. But I don't have contact with family (live very far), and have only a few friends, so it's easy for me”
“It’s insane how many people think the American economy runs out of a textbook. I’m sure your Econ 101 course has a spot for where presidential insider trading and constant tariffs work out. RL doesn’t work identical to your naive classes”
“Yeah, the most social animal on Earth we have turned, I don't have that kind of thinking, I guess our education system and the way we live is our doomsday no job, no life. No income, you become dead Yet birds fly freely and literally live freely... Ants living peacefully. Humans the most intelligent, but also the most negligent”
“It needs to fail. Nothing about this society is sustainable. You need to wake up and stop drinking the Kool-Aid.”
“So it's late stage capitalism then? Boy, if only some old Russian dude had predicted all this.”
“💯 It's BRAVE NEW WORLD, people allowing anything as long as they're distracted”
“oof. my man having the inevitable late stage capitalism crisis. “wait a minute…the long march isn’t worth it? i’ve been doing this all my life for no reason? why is the carrot not getting any closer damnit?! fuck i’m tired. let me just lay down for a minute” -dies-”
“🙄 this tired nonsense Why is it always a flase dichotomy between doing things the way they have been and deregulation with people? Gas on the fire isn't the way. We'll always need regulations. We need to do things better, not in a way that frigs over people as a consequence - that's what deregulation would do.”
“Regarding the Dover thing, I was mistaken, its for local elections but still they got that, witch its very concerning. https://apnews.com/article/local-elections-voting-corporate-entities-c9d0e49f5e475b45cb957fbec110d3e7 On Public, trains done right are way better and more affordable options than airplane. But a better public transport would be for local cities, I mean I have lived near metros, and was able to cover a distance that in car took me 1 hour to 1.5 hour depending on traffic jam, whil”
“Are you really using Iraq as a place you improved? American brainwashing really is next level. The world would literally be safer if the US didn’t exist. You are objectively the most destabilising country on earth.”
“Anti-American, insufferable leftists are hated in middle America for good reason. The feeling is mutual. They blame SF for "AI's environmental damage". Likewise, SF doesn't give a shit about them.”
“I've found most surveys of the PM world to largely confirm everyone's pre-existing opinions -- even the ones I've been a part of have never really moved me much. But there's value in that -- being able to point to a number that others have contributed to rather than your own inherent biases and prejudices helps . The survey is interesting, but nothing in it is revelatory -- people have mixed opinions about AI, and the hype seems to be dying down a bit, while "agentic" i”