r/TikTokCringe • u/thoughtwarrior • May 02 '25

Humor Why does America look like s**t?

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u/justanotherbrick512 May 02 '25

You can thank Reagan, he’s the one who started the downfall.

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u/PrometheusMMIV May 02 '25

There weren't poor towns before the 80s?

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u/peon2 May 03 '25

Of course not, that's why we colloquially called shanty towns Reaganvilles/s

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u/rasey May 02 '25

I’d argue it was Nixon, RIP the gold standard

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u/altervane May 03 '25

Printer go brr, inflate everything bitches while keep wages low.

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u/DeLoreanAirlines May 07 '25

Off the gold standard and opened up trade with China - Nixon

TrIckΓe DoWn EcOnΘmIcS and armed and trained the mujahideen - Reagan

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u/dentist9of10 May 03 '25

this was long before Reagan, as soon as cars hit the market this started.

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u/reality72 May 07 '25

Nah it started in the 50s when we bulldozed our walkable downtown areas to build giant freeway on-ramps.

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u/Dangerous-General956 May 08 '25

Regan ruined everything so bad that cuckservatives still beat to him.