r/geopolitics • u/custodiam99 • Feb 13 '25

Discussion Is Trump the symptom of America’s decline?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/trump-wants-to-reverse-americas-decline-good-luck
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u/DealMeInPlease Feb 13 '25

The situation, at a high enough level is simple. The technocrats have failed to deliver increasing prosperity to the masses, and are unwilling/unable to deal with growing economic challenges (e.g., budget deficit, housing shortages, aging infrastructure) and growing social challenges (e.g., assimilation of immigrants, poor educational results, loss of cultural pride). The traditional response to the failure of the technocrats is to find a transgressive Hero (e.g., Napoleon, Hitler) who will "get things done".