American hegemony suppressed a lot of: war, the desire for radical parties, and terrorism. As Trump over extends the US while at the same time not caring about maintaining world order, we are step by step seeing the chaos that American hegemony was keeping tamped down.
It’s not clear that even Europe will remain at peace without American hegemony. Things could spiral out of control if US leadership continues to crumble.
People want to believe the world will keep going on as it was during US hegemony, but this is a naive hope and it’s more likely that we will see violent or/and tyrannical disasters around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV5I_7Y7LP0
Canadians are pissed at the United States, not just its leader, for Trump’s aggressive, bellicose, and demeaning comments and goals regarding Canada. They are most insulted by Trump’s insults to Canada’s sovereignty and some say that trust in the US will not come back. They plan to boycott American goods, cancel US travel, and flipp US products on store shelves to notify others that these are products from an asshole country. They don’t just blame Trump, they blame the American people, who truly did cause this aggression toward Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDhY8-Cc1jE
1/3 two 2/3s of the big inflation we had was caused by supply side issues, meaning Covid-caused problems with producing goods, services, and energy, rather than too much government spending. The other 1 or 2 thirds…was government spending–the Covid relief bills.
Some people talked about tariffs like they would single handedly crush the economy. That’s unfortunate because models showed that tariffs are bad for the economy in ways that hurt people, but aren’t usually significant enough to single-handedly crush the economy. This makes it easier for people to incorrectly deny the harms of tariffs in general, and the harms of the current and recent tariffs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4PeRuU0bLU
What’s better, a cheaper drone that is less stealthy and therefore will have a higher attrition rate, or a stealthy drone that is more expensive but will be shot down at a lower rate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUiLwgzS5is
Before 9/11, the Bush administration was warned about Al Qaeda, but they dismissed it. 9/11 could have been prevented if defense against terrorism was more of a focus. The previous administration was relatively more focused on it and did stop an attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri55EVEmFc
Previously, the IRS delivered a public report telling us how many due taxes went unpaid. Under the Trump administration, the IRS is now no longer delivering this report.
Federal agencies are understaffed thanks to Trump and DOGE.
In 2025, due to DOGE, federal employees were paid $9.5 billion to not work.
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In 2025, due to DOGE, federal employees were paid $9.5 billion to not work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKWXRuDKbm4
Companies are using AI to figure out the most people will pay for a product, and then milking the shit out of consumers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_js9f6BlI
Iran’s nuclear program was one of the most transparent in the world thanks to the nuclear deal with Obama, which Trump left. With the war, it’s difficult to know what Iran is doing as far as nuclear research and building.
The war may have strengthened the Iranian regime by giving Iran an outside enemy that is attacking them. When Trump talks about erasing civilization and shares maps of Iran breaking up, that facilitates Iranians believing that the US and Israel are after Iran, not just the current regime.
Europe used to trust the United States to store their gold. Due to Trump’s erratic and aggressive behavior and comments, some of them are moving their gold back to Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDbYJnELskI
During the hot war with Iran, Iran took out a very important US command post.
The US is spending and losing a tremendous amount of money and assets on this war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ruzCW21yUI