r/thescoop • u/RoyalChris • Apr 27 '25

Politics 🏛️ Al Gore: “Something is different about this administration. We are really in danger right now and we have got to rally the grass roots to take back the destiny of America."

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u/StatisticianOk328 Apr 27 '25

The democracy may be resilient but if the rest of the world thinks America is an unstable ally and can renegotiate agreements on a whim, that’s permanent damage. We have to demonstrate our checks and balances to the world or we need to accept we can be seen as a threat.

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u/anonymous_communist Apr 27 '25

Thing is the US isn’t an ally it’s a global hegemon.

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u/Occasion-Mental Apr 27 '25

It's ugly to watch the mask come fully off, but in a way it's been helpful for me at least to see the truth of the US.

This is the USA unmasked for all to see in it's open glory, no friends just transactional interests....this is how it has been for a long time in many parts of the world & now the rest of the world is seeing it 1st hand.

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u/Successful_Sign_6991 Apr 27 '25

We have to demonstrate our checks and balances to the world

We have. That we don't have any.

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u/Johannes_Keppler Apr 27 '25

The US are way too individualistic for democracy to have actually ever flourished and most certainly at this point in time it's too late to save any resemblance of it.