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As a non-American, electing AOC as president would be the way to speed run the repair of America's reputation internationally.
I mean this in the nicest way possible. I don't really care about fixing our international reputation atm. I'm worried about stopping the country from falling apart first. We can fix all the international stuff after.
This will be a rather gentle rebuke:
AOC being elected president would not only be the most direct way of making the day to day lives of all Americans better, it would be the quickest route to restoring America's status on the world stage. It would all happen simultaneously.
I agree but the issue is her actually winning. I feel like america broadly is still too racist and too sexist to elect her. Obviously I would love to fix both simultaneously but I'm trying to be realistic with the info we have now. Maybe something changes between now and then and I would be happy to be wrong but rn that's kinda where things stand.
I can only speak from the outside, as Americans need to decide for themselves if they're worth saving.
Ofc. I'm not expecting people to know everything about what's going on here. Everything these next 4 (?) years is gonna be a uphill battle here. Rn we're literally seeing policy that could lead to the balkanization of the usa. The ability to file a fair injunction against Trump is officially gone here. Red states will get preference from the courts while blue states will fight constant battles to get anything through. I am interested in repairing our national image but there very well may not be a nation to repair the image of in coming years. People do care it's just that they don't care enough to do what actually needs to be done.