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Do you think the USA is viewed as the most unstable, unreliable version of itself since its founding? (Original Post) RoeVWade Jan 23 OP
There is no doubt about that. OLDMDDEM Jan 23 #1
Maybe not since founding but... MiHale Jan 23 #2
Since the Civil War possibly Johonny Jan 23 #3
Yes. markodochartaigh Jan 23 #4
It's stable because only one side has the guns. Frasier Balzov Jan 23 #5

markodochartaigh

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4. Yes.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 11:02 AM
Jan 23

Electoral autocracy is a less stable form of government than even the most flawed form of democracy that the US has had.
Reliable? I think that whether the US will now be more reliable as a friend of Putin than it has been a friend of Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand is too soon to call.

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