In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

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      Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

      Though I’d hardly signal her death out as the defining factor or turning point of the US’s decline…

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        Some would say Reagan, but personally I think it was doomed from the wild west days. Rugged individualism bred the selfish nature that’s led to where it is today.

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      In theory, if Ruth Bader Ginsberg chose to retire when she was sick, instead of continuing to act on her principles until she died in office, we wouldn’t have a Conservative dominated Supreme Court. It would have changed who got to appoint her successor.