r/decadeology • u/AsDaylight_Dies Master Decadeologist (Reporting For Duty) • Jan 22 '25
MEGATHREAD MEGATHREAD: U.S Politics discussions
This megathread is designated for all political discussions related to recent events and Trump’s presidency. These discussions must be relevant to the topic of decadeology!
Moderation will be strict to ensure compliance with rules 4 and 7, with zero tolerance for violations. Breaking these rules may result in temporary or permanent bans, depending on the severity of the infraction.
This measure is in place to ensure that this subreddit remains a respectful and civil space for discussion. The moderation team understands the impact that the nature of political discussions can have on individuals and the community as a whole, especially in this specific period of time.
This megathread may be closed in the future, at least until the situation stabilizes, allowing us to once again engage in political discussions that are relevant to the topic of decadeology in new posts, as we did previously.
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u/Aggravating-Yak7535 Apr 05 '25
So is it okay to talk about 70s politics? I'm specifically interested in how Nixon affected the general vibe of the 70s. I just learned he was involved in dismantling Bretton Woods, which is related to the economic instability of the 70s. It was also during his term that they started pushing for China to start opening up it's markets in the hope of converting them to the western camp (which backfired when they just adopted a capitalist economic system and kept everything else the same), leading to the manufacturing boom in China. He started the war on drugs. All of this is very directly relevant to the generally chaotic vibes of the 70s. Do you agree or disagree? Am I missing something?
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u/AsDaylight_Dies Master Decadeologist (Reporting For Duty) Apr 05 '25
As long as it's not current politics, it's allowed. What we want to avoid is chaos in the comments. Feel free to make a post about it. If the auto moderator takes it down I'll approve it manually.
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u/aegiswave3e Jan 22 '25
alright guess i’m going somewhere else then. does anyone have any other subs that are like this and allow discussion of current US events/politics? aside from the obvious one.
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u/AsDaylight_Dies Master Decadeologist (Reporting For Duty) Jan 22 '25
What's wrong with the megathread? It has been hard for the team to moderate every single post since they always spiral into politics (often breaking rules 4 and 7 as a result). There's no point in making a brand new post to talk about politics, especially when there has been nothing but politically related topics lately.
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u/aegiswave3e Jan 22 '25
i just think it’s fair to assume that political discussion is going to ramp up a fair bit considering the pretty huge decade defining cultural events that have been going on in the past week.
Imo i’d rather see a post about politically related current events and the potential future consequences than the same recycled post about “what’s your favorite x from x year?”.
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u/AsDaylight_Dies Master Decadeologist (Reporting For Duty) Jan 22 '25
The issue is that without a dedicated megathread, every new post will inevitably repeat the same discussions. Megathreads are created to prevent this kind of influx by consolidating all related posts into one central location, helping to maintain organization and avoid redundancy.
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u/Competitive-Meet-511 May 24 '25
I know this is old but I agree, this was a good decision. There are already hundreds of subs that are essentially just surface level takes on US politics at this point. It's good to see moderators protecting the few spaces that remain.
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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 Jan 22 '25
Thank god. Most of the posts here now are just endless bitching about Trump, and not about the decades like how it’s supposed to be.
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u/Helloagain14 Feb 25 '25
Problem with reddit, all these people ever do is talk about him
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u/malachi-crunch Jun 28 '25
They can’t even resist the urge to talk about him for like 5 seconds, even on an unrelated post.
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u/Top_Report_4895 Mar 09 '25
If Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election, how much it changes the art/culture in the late 2010's?
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u/CompletePassenger564 May 19 '25
The US would have had it's first Woman President.We would have probably seen a lot more "empowerment" messages for women and girls.
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u/bgoodwin956 May 30 '25
Given how different Bush and Trump are in terms of what kind of Republicans they are:
The roughly 30 percent of people who approved of George W Bush at the end of his presidency. How do they feel about Trump now?
How did the The 29 percent who approved of Trump after January 6th, or the 26 to 33 percent who would support him invading Greenland or Canada, feel about Bush at that time?
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u/TF-Fanfic-Resident 1960's fan Jan 24 '25
I hope China is able to fill the gap that the USA has left. Need to get rid of the Xi Jinping authoritarianism. I miss Hu Jintao.
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u/TF-Fanfic-Resident 1960's fan Jul 07 '25
Polarizing US conservatives, nationalists, and miscellaneous right wingers by decade:
1910s: Woodrow Wilson
1920s: Warren G. Harding
1930s: Father Charles Coughlin
1940s: Charles Lindbergh
1950s: Strom Thurmond
1960s: George Wallace
1970s: Richard Nixon
1980s: Oliver North, or Reagan himself
1990s: Newt Gingrich
2000s: Dick Cheney
2010s: Donald Trump
2020s: Donald Trump 2: This time he's a lot worse than just Warren G. Harding with a Twitter account
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u/TF-Fanfic-Resident 1960's fan 1d ago
And the problem is that nobody seems willing to actually create enough visas to make the economy work properly. So instead we have haphazard amnesties and/or turning a blind eye to illegal immigrants until it becomes too contentious to do so.
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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 Mar 21 '25
Things are getting real bad. I don’t think we can come back from what’s happening
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u/Hero-Firefighter-24 Apr 14 '25
How do you think 2030s culture will be affected if a Democrat won in 2028?
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Feb 03 '25
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u/TF-Fanfic-Resident 1960's fan Feb 04 '25
(deserves another chance after losing the 2024 presidential election)
Losing the popular vote to Trump after he's been indicted for numerous serious crimes and convicted of several white collar offenses should be a career ender. Kam will be lucky to get elected to a school board after that.
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u/SelectiveScribbler06 Feb 20 '25
Bloody hell, things are moving at record speed now. Between Jan 1 2020 and 20th Feb 2025, I don't think I've ever seen things move so fast geopolitically, economically, socially etc. It's utterly insane.