• Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    No rebounding is going to happen for many presidential terms. It’s much easier, and faster, to destroy than to build up. The damage to investment and trade relationships being done, and the dismantling of worker protections and support for industry and job development, is going to take decades to reclaim.

    • WhoIsTheDrizzle@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      This is the really depressing part that people really aren’t understanding. We’ve had bad leadership before, but none that have done this much irreparable damage in such a short amount of time with effects that are making the entire world worse for the foreseeable future. But yeah, Harris would have been the same /s

    • smeenz@lemmy.nz
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      12 hours ago

      And that’s not even considering all the skilled government workers who have been fired and won’t be coming back in 2028. Or the loss of reputation internationally, or the loss of business from companies who have made alternative arrangements and are no longer doing business with the US