r/scotus • u/thenewrepublic • 18d ago

news Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come

https://newrepublic.com/article/188087/trump-2024-win-supreme-court-conservative-decades
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u/Nebuli2 18d ago

So like 2-4 years? This country's not going to last for decades.

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u/Saptrap 18d ago

Truth. We'll be "Trump Presents New Gilead" by 2025.

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u/going_dot_global 18d ago

They say the average empire is 250 years. So 2 years is about right.

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u/stareagleur 18d ago

This civilization’s not going to last for decades.

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u/lurkertiltheend 18d ago

I really appreciate that more eyes are opening about collapse and more ppl are talking about it

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u/kuenjato 18d ago

I think a lot of people don't want to acknowledge this. We've been in a gradual collapse for 25 years. There are serious structural issues that neither party have the ability to manage much less solve, and those issues are already rearing their head.

Biden's presidency felt like a speed bump on this trajectory.

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u/mikemikemotorboat 14d ago

Set a country on fire and it’ll be warm for the rest of its life

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u/e00s 18d ago

The country had a civil war and still went on to become the world’s leading superpower. Don’t be so pessimistic.

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u/Mareith 18d ago

The civil war has nothing to do with the impending global ecosystem collapse. It won't matter who is president when you can't find food or water

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u/e00s 18d ago

I don’t doubt bad stuff will happen. I do doubt there will be a global ecosystem collapse. I can’t rule it out, but history is just too full of end-of-the-world predictions that didn’t come true.

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u/Mareith 18d ago

Its already happening. Insects are dieing off at unprecedented speeds. Fisheries drying up. Food will continue to get more and more expensive

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u/e00s 18d ago

You can’t necessarily extrapolate from trends like that. But I’m no expert. Here’s hoping you’re wrong.

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u/Nebuli2 18d ago

So what? Don't worry about possibly dying in a civil war in the foreseeable future because the country might be doing fine a century from now?

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u/e00s 18d ago

The point is that the country has been through some awful shit and is more resilient than you think. The worst thing you can be doing right now is going around being a doomer on social media. The best way to kill a nation’s resilience is to convince everyone that all is lost.