It’s sad to watch my country commit suicide. Not only will my compatriots be poorer for it, but the rest of the world will be too.

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libertine 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well it could be worse because in the end it's still a democracy, for how long that's yet to be seen.

Look at Russia, they jumped off a cliff to protect a regime from democracy, and people are checked out - they take no accountability and still act confused of why Russia is being despised - all while accelerating economic and demographic decline with more than one million casualties in a special 3 day military operation.

You can't make this up.

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chadgpt3 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

Russia is a de-jure democracy, just like the US. In fact I'm not sure what difference there is between them.

	▲	flohofwoe 16 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Captain Obvious here, but the amount of defenestrations (or generally mysterious "suicides" of people not agreeing enough with the government) is much higher in Russia than in the US. In the US you might get your funds cancelled, in Russia you'll get your life cancelled instead - and not in the metaphorical sense. Also as incompetent as the current US government is, the incompetency of the Russian government is on a whole different level (the "3 days to Kyiv" special operation is now taking longer than Russia's involvement in WW2).
	▲	petcat 11 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		USA has had 3 different presidents from opposing parties just in the last 15 years. Putin hasn't allowed a challenger in nearly 30 years and he actively bans them, imprisons them, or kills them. It's a big difference. > I'm not sure what difference there is between them. Good hyperbole
	▲	SpicyLemonZest 14 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		One big difference is that the US has been led by four different people since 2000 instead of one. Another big difference is that it's legal for Americans to insult political leaders, wish bad things upon them, or demand an end to their stupid wars. If you weren't aware of these differences, I'd encourage you to radically change your media diet; there are unfortunately many outlets which find it advantageous to exaggerate how bad the US is and deemphasize how bad dictatorships are. (Some are paid Russian propaganda, I've seen a shocking number of people send me RT links as though they're a legitimate news source.)

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x3ro an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I assure you, the rest of the world will be better off. Most of the worlds population (I think this is fair to say, at least in absolute numbers, not GDP) does not hold the US in very high regard. Many of the innovations of the last decade or two have not made most people’s life’s better, _especially_ from tech. I’m not saying there aren’t exceptions, but the world really does not need the US (my opinion).

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bix6 an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes and no. I think the current Ebola outbreak would not be happening if the US was still committed to global health.

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haunter an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The Ebola virus is not simply a health issue but a cultural and eudcational "problem" too. There is a reason people eat bushmeat because 1, it's their culture 2, they would otherwise have nothing to eat especially not meat protein.

NSFL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasTcDsDfMg

	▲	ceejayoz 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		USAID was, among many other things, working on educating folks about this. Education, cultural sensitivity, etc. are health issues.

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amazingamazing an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The world should be more independent and self sufficient. It will be better in the long run.

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somenameforme an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You mean the 17th ebola outbreak in the DRC?

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OrvalWintermute an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/27/g-s1-... Musk: “So, for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola prevention.” “As of early February, the U.S. was not providing funding to support testing and port screenings in Uganda because of Trump's freeze on almost all U.S. foreign assistance.” “Within USAID's Global Health Bureau there was a team of people that specialized in high risk outbreaks, like Ebola. "Virtually all of those people have been pushed out of the agency, and they have not been brought back. Only a very small handful — like low single digits — remain from what had been something like a 30 person team," says Jeremy Konyndyk, who oversaw USAID's response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak.” “As for the role of the CDC, Spencer says what its officials can do is limited by Trump's order that the CDC not communicate with WHO.”