• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 hours ago

    On the plus side, maybe the notion of American Exceptionalism will diminish a bit, which is long overdue.

    And I have a pet conspiracy theory that this is intentional. American elites are secretly tired of exceptionalist sh*t and think it’s hurting them too. And thus have come up with a solution to return sobriety.

    • plyth@feddit.org
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      2 hours ago

      Trump using tariffs to balance trade of goods is out in the open. That should end exceptionalism. But they ignore services so it’s not entirely even.