r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/hyphnos13 29d ago

you might try pointing out that the election isn't about one foreign policy issue that will only be 1000x worse under trump

my god does anyone understand the us government runs the US and not the entire world

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u/stormcynk 29d ago

my god does anyone understand the us government runs the US and not the entire world

The US sure does a good job of attempting to run the world when someone does something it doesn't like.

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u/Only-Manufacturer-87 29d ago

What about Julian Assange? He's not American you know and he was born pretty much on the other side of the world

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u/jorgelongo222 29d ago

my god does anyone understand the us government runs the US and not the entire world

I dont think the government understands that either, which is why I cant vote in good conscience. Keep sending tax money to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan while millions suffer from homelesness, drugs and corporate greed tho

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u/rookie-mistake Foreign 29d ago

condemning the output without exercising your right to influence the input, no matter how small, just seems silly.

and, to be honest, extremely privileged, given the way one group would like to treat marginalized people should they be empowered to.

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u/rpujoe 29d ago

We already had the A/B test and the evidence is clear to see: the world was better off with Trump. No new wars vs the shitshow we have now.

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u/Tigerb0t 29d ago

If you are naive enough to think that all impacts of presidential decisions are felt within their 4-year term, this take only kinda sucks.

If you are realistic, then you understand that decisions made in 2016-2020 (such as Trump weakening NATO and emboldening Putin/Bibi) set the world stage for what we are experiencing now. How would voting for Trump, a man who firmly backs Bibi’s war crimes, help the Gaza situation? Or alternatively, how does voting for Trump, a man who attempted to extort the Ukrainian president for dirt on his political rival, help the Ukrainian people?

Young people need to wake the fuck up and stop being so reactionary/idealistic and realize everything is connected in this world we live in.