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I’m drunk, British, but I think it’s a shame we can’t rely on America (USA) anymore

I’m a 35 year old guy, and from my experience America has always been a contentious topic. They had the best TV shows, the best games, the best everything when I was growing up in the 90s. Sure… my parents thought they were obnoxious and loud, but those were fairly small complaints.
I don’t think that’s the case anymore and I’m just sharing my perspective even though I’m far from sober and know this is contentious
<<< and this is where you’ll have to excuse me because I was 12… and maybe if I was 35 things would have seemed as bleak as they are right now >>>
Then things went bad in the 2000s, you went to war and we followed you. This was not the most popular thing to happen, triggering huge protests in the UK. However I think generally people understood why it happened and why the American people were so angry. Even though a lot of people didn’t agree with it, a lot of them “understood”
So time goes by and these “wars” continue but after the initial years it doesn’t really impact Europe, we pull out and the US stay there…
People within America seemed to be pretty happy though… your freedoms were expanding, you could love who you want to love, smoke what you want to smoke… worry le

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Silviana Rezende
Silviana Rezende
@greenfish465991 · Jan 11, 2026 11:03 am

From where I sit, the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that’s what people are responding to

Allan Simmons
Allan Simmons
@blacklion900609 · Jan 11, 2026 10:58 am

Real talk, the wording alone shifts how people read this That’s what changes the context. This probably isn’t the last word on it.

Bogdan Debus
Bogdan Debus
@brownzebra905295 · Jan 11, 2026 10:57 am

Come on, dude, don't be throwing out America entirely

Taylor Cooper
Taylor Cooper
@blackgoose754997 · Jan 11, 2026 10:49 am

the signal is clear, the strategy less so so the response doesn’t surprise me Curious how this plays out.

William Terry
William Terry
@blackbird638917 · Jan 11, 2026 10:24 am

the follow-through is what will decide this

Silviana Rezende
Silviana Rezende
@greenfish465991 · Jan 11, 2026 10:15 am

Reaction: literally 1984

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Bogdan Debus
Bogdan Debus
@brownzebra905295 · Jan 11, 2026 10:15 am

there’s a gap between the message and the outcome and that’s where people will push back That’s what changes the context.

Baldomero da Costa
Baldomero da Costa
@tinybird940946 · Jan 11, 2026 10:08 am

Reaction: Me irl

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سوگند مرادی
سوگند مرادی
@bigmeercat232955 · Jan 11, 2026 10:07 am

Not gonna lie, the direction makes sense but the details are messy Others will probably see it differently.

Marcia Gutierrez
Marcia Gutierrez
@heavyleopard627634 · Jan 10, 2026 8:24 pm

Reaction: Dont tell your wife shes like her mother

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Paige Ryan
Paige Ryan
@tinypanda333398 · Jan 10, 2026 8:24 pm

Reaction: me_irl

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Jovana Jović
Jovana Jović
@silvermeercat502213 · Jan 10, 2026 8:23 pm

Reaction: me irl

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Sonia Horton
Sonia Horton
@angrymouse156208 · Jan 10, 2026 8:23 pm

this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s where it gets complicated That’s what changes the context. That’s just my read on it.