Both of our countries are complete trash fires right now

[octoberlib]

thanks to our respective conservative parties.

Link to tweet

Despite our many disputes and differences over the years it’s good for close friends, England and America, to look across the great ocean at each other and remember the fundamental things that bind us:

We are both complete trash fires right now

[malaise]

1. Thank Reagan and Thatcher for their New World Order

where racists and oligarchs rule, neo-liberals loot, human rights vanish, unions are destroyed and the social good is destroyed.

[SHRED]

2. Well summarized

[erronis]

6. ditto that. Malaise has a good way with words.

Sometimes a choice few beat out an overabundance.

Thanks to both of you for a good education at DU (not Dump University).

[SHRED]

10. Thanks

[Bleacher Creature]

3. Russia is the missing link between both situations.

They meddled with the Brexit vote in the same way as in the Presidential election.

[Richard D]

4. Almost like someone behind the scenes . . .

Is putin moves on both countries to destroy them.

[japple]

7. Of course he is.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/30/magazine/adam-curtis-documentaries.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmagazine&action=click&contentCollection=magazine&_r=0

[paleotn]

5. Intentional trash fires....

Don't think for a moment that both weren't started and coordinated by a certain cold, snowy, rather drab city in far eastern Europe.

[Hekate]

8. Ouch. KnR

[allgood33]

9. The US will never regain the prestige, respect or power it had pre-Trump.

Our citizens were thought more highly of than they should have been based on the election of 2016. We were the admiration of the world in 2008 when Obama was elected. His election gave hope to so may oppressed world-wide. Whether or not he lived up to the world's expectations is beside the point that he engendered feelings of warmth, compassion, and hope.

McConnell smashed all that when he promised to work against everything Obama tried to do. Trump carried out the obstruction promises and went forth. He has practically undone all the good the Obama was able to do despite the GOP-filthy-hate mongers.

I am fearful for Social Security and Medicare recipients and even for Federal retirees. I don't put anything past these MFs

[bdamomma]

12. Putin is trying to take down

all democracies. So who's next??? I read when all this started they had their sites on Canada too. Scary shit, hopefully the pendulum will swing back so hard left the fascist righties will not know what to do.

[colorado_ufo]

11. And Putin sits and warms his hands over both.

[ProfessorPlum]

13. Putin asked himself: "what are America's weaknesses? What are the UK's weaknesses?"

For both, the answer is: racism. And so he pushed and pushed on that. And succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.

For both countries, he asked the citizens to imagine a great, wonderful future if they just indulged their worst racists impulses. And gained political strength that way.

The US also is weak because of the of electoral college, and so Putin made sure to exploit that as well.

I'm embarrassed we were so easy to destroy. It will be interesting to see if our internal strengths are enough to pull us back.

[cyberswede]

14. миссия выполнена

сделай Россию великой снова!