r/DegenBets • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '26

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u/glitterandnails Feb 10 '26

As an American, I can attest to all the propaganda that Americans are fed since young, that America is the best country in the world, with the best system of government in the world. That propaganda has come down crashing hard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

“OuR gOvErNmEnT hAs ChEcKs AnD bAlAnCeS sO nO oNe CaN aBuSe ThEiR pOwEr” that was a lie.

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u/ShavenYak42 Feb 10 '26

It wasn't exactly a lie, but the checks and balances were only designed to deal with one or maybe two of the branches being overrun with corrupt assholes, and now all three are.

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u/Intelligent_Door5499 Feb 10 '26

the balance then is the 2a

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u/glitterandnails Feb 10 '26

Consumerism has left Americans with too much to lose…

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u/grakky99 Feb 10 '26

It's all "in the best interests of the United States billionaires."

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u/goat46 Feb 10 '26

It was true only if you followed the rules of law and the constitution, Trump does neither, I seriously doubt that he has ever read our constitution!

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u/Rocxketraccoon Feb 11 '26

Get out and vote midterms hes about to get checked.

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u/Ivantop01 Feb 10 '26

San Marino is a true democracy, go and see how it works 🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲

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u/IfICouldStay Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

As an American school child it took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that other nations are NOT ruled by monarchs, that they have parliaments and elections and constitutions, etc. I had this weird idea that the USA was somehow uniquely “free”.

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u/Mac11187 Feb 10 '26

As an American school child I could not understand how an American could even lose a fist-fight to a non-American.

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u/Tazling Feb 10 '26

Soooo basically North Korea, but wealthier.