We probably don’t need to dissect the 2016 election too much further as it’s been done to death

But! It’s pretty clear in hindsight that it was a populist election with growing resentment towards the status quo starting to crescendo. Sanders would’ve crushed Trump and we’d all be in at least much less chaotic world

Running Hilary Clinton, one of the major architects of the DNCs neoliberal shift following Reagan, will be considered on of the major historical blunders ever and the catalyzing incident behind the collapse of the American hegemony.

They are definitely trying to figure out a way to support Trump's war on socialism without being explicit about it.

Turns out that unchecked monopolies and trillionaires while more and more people are priced out of life (or come out the gate unable to start a career) is bad PR. Who knew?

as you probably know, most of Europe is turning to shit right now,

What isn't turning to shit? Outside of China, everyone is having a bad time. Asia is the canary in the coalmine for a population crisis (while still resisting immigration), Canada and Australia have a housing crisis, there's a general, global economic slowdown.

Relatively speaking, EU aint too bad. And that's mostly because Trump was so comically bad it made most of the continent do a double take on the whole far right thing (it's a shame some countries still chose to slip, but it slowed it down).

I do see a light. But I also think we're in the eye of the storm. It'll get much much worse, then hopefully better if we make it through that.

As an American I sincerely hope we can return the light y'all showed us this past decade

... to also implode? Let's hope so, maybe the Mamdanis have a chance, then.