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(38,505 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2026, 08:06 AM Yesterday

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Its sundowning in America - Paul Krugman [View all]

How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia? - Krugman

KRUGMAN: â€œ.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the worldâ€™s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one manâ€™s dementia?â€

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T12:11:50.704Z

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Its sundowning in America - Paul Krugman [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Yesterday #1

Not just one man roscoeroscoe Yesterday #2

The reference to Kool-Aid is apt MadameButterfly Yesterday #5

Because the voters edhopper Yesterday #3

Because the post-war generation thought freedom was a given and not an earned bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4

I still blame quite a bit of the dumbing down on television. slightlv Yesterday #18

Right behind you, one of the advantages of getting to be old is the perspective you gain Ferryboat Yesterday #30

How true... and not only the environmental bills coming due... slightlv Yesterday #34

Serious question Easterncedar Yesterday #6

The second half of your question. I keep saying he is the bright, shiny niyad Yesterday #7

Yes orangecrush Yesterday #25

Because GOP voters are the dumbest people Johonny Yesterday #8

The problem is stupid people PJMcK Yesterday #12

"undone by one man's dementia" markie Yesterday #9

It really feels like there is an element of collective "affluenza" that brings us to this place.... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #10

⬆️ This ⬆️ deserves its own post Clouds Passing Yesterday #16

This x1000!!! Absolutely agree with everything you wrote... slightlv Yesterday #19

You nailed it Random Boomer Yesterday #22

excellent assessment markie Yesterday #23

Been saying this for decades Cosmocat Yesterday #24

It is karma because he knows he committed unlawful acts over and over Justice matters. Yesterday #29

hear. hear. !!!! AllaN01Bear Yesterday #11

Right wing talk radio and FauxNews Pacifist Patriot Yesterday #13

This is the cause kbowman Yesterday #21

Cowardice from the elites LymphocyteLover Yesterday #14

Not just one person, an entire party of traitors for a century Clouds Passing Yesterday #15

It's not that complicated really. Unequal distribution of wealth causing falling living standards for middle class Fil1957 Yesterday #17

I think over the last decade they have finally succeeded in slightlv Yesterday #20

The United States was pretty damn desperate to vote in such a corrupt human. WTF. Trump is rock bottom desperation. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #26

He and everyone should know the answer to that question Hieronymus Phact Yesterday #27

We blindly fooled ourselves. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #28

Pride. Greed. Wrath. Envy. Lust. Gluttony. Sloth. Trump embodies the seven deadly sins. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #31

Paul Krugman has been a steady and valuable voice. yellow dahlia Yesterday #32

How did the nation of Beethoven, Gauss, Göthe sink into Nazism ? eppur_se_muova Yesterday #33

Allowing greed and ego to become the law of the land. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #35

1) This was all directed by Putin. returnee 13 hrs ago #36