Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Trump quits Iran nuclear deal, undoing years of diplomacy" video.

  1. Overly positive spin with small chances of working: stop over reliance on US politics to serve as example to other countries in the world. If there's one good thing coming out of all the decisions of the current administration is other countries NOT following everything Trump does. EU countries have taken several stances that goes against US past decisions, they are going ahead on laws and agreements without US support, and other countries are leading on much needed efforts that the current administration is actively choosing to ignore. From environmental stuff, to privacy, to economic deals, to civil rights and other fronts. This is of course an overly optimistic standpoint. For a globalized economy, it's actually a good thing to stop over reliance on super power politics because that forces the global economy to become more distributed, to attend the needs of other countries, to diversity and more properly distribute policies, responsibilities, key actors and general point of views. As long as everything doesn't turn into WW3, or an environment that further creates the conditions to foster even more terrorist groups and radical thinking, as long as other countries don't fall into the trap of beligerence, nationalism, protectionism, and overall bullying Trump's administration have, the global economy might just come out of all this stronger. I dunno about americans and making america great again, but there is a potential gain in Trump's politics of closing borders and isolating the US, putting it against everyone else. Unfortunately, we also live in cultures that tends to elect a key figure instead of going the hard route and thinking for themselves. And unfortunately, several of the super powers in line next to US are worse choices, because even if Trump acts like he does, at least he'll be out in few years time. Next in line for leadership are countries like China and Russia. Both are basically dictatorships at this point with a long list of human rights violations in their pockets. It's hardly an example to follow. If we are to have a country that represents at least part of the world's culture as an example to follow, I'd still rather have a democracy that is in turmoil and being tested to it's extremes, than a well functioning effective dictatorship at the cost of citizens' liberties, privacy, and human rights. Not that there is any perfect utopic example of any of that right now. But you know... I'd rather live in a country where I disagree with government and can say f*ck them, voting for something better next time, than countries were you can get killed for it. But this is more or less how history goes. Societies overall have to learn from experience, in practical terms. A period of peace is followed by periods of turmoil. Because people only learn the value of peace once they faced wars and turmoil. One can only hope that the current climate of nationalism, extremism, beligerence, and overall breakdown of cooperations don't end up being the last one. It's the problem of power. Humanity now has the power to end itself. We can't afford the luxury of another world war, because if we do, it'll be our last.
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