u/Sentinel-Wraith

That’s exactly what Russia wants you to do, ironically.

It could legit take more than a century before anyone trusts the US again

And why would it take the US more than a century, especially compared against other offenders?

Germany, Italy, and Japan recovered quickly despite causing tens of millions of deaths and invading their neighbors. Italy was a former ally before it joined the Axis, Japan had previously had cordial relations with the US, and Germany had already killied millions in the previous World War.

The PRC recovered from Mao and the Gang of Four, which included massive civil strife, millions of deaths, and corruption.

South Korea overcame a huge amount of corruption and authoritarianism to become a popular tourist and music center.

Even Russia was dealing with Europe's top leaders and companies only a few years after pointing nuclear missiles at Europe and executing immigrants with machine guns. Many redditors even took Russia's side against Biden's warnings about the invasion of Ukraine.

And let's not forget Ukraine's reputation recovered only a few years after the previous pro-Russian president fled to Russia.

Is the US's global standing and reputation currently damaged? Yes.

Will there be consequences for years? Absolutely.

If the US cleans shop and doesn't actually invade allies, will people hate it for 4 generations? Pretty unlikely.

How do Americans live with this level of delusion after all this time?

The knowledge that Reddit frequently makes inaccurate predictions and that many of the people posting have no historical or geopolticial qualifications. It's very easy to parrot things in an echo chamber online. It's much harder to actually do the hard work and research to understand geopolitical relations and long term strategies.

Do you even understand that the rest of the world now see the US as a very wealthy Russia

Do you understand that one of Russia's goals is stoking anti-Atlanticist feelings in social media? Do you remember how Reddit got astroturfed and called Biden a liar when he warned about the imminent invasion of Ukraine, which Reddit called "another Iraq lie"? Or how Ukraine couldn't be trusted because their politicians were directly in the pocket of Russia for so long?

Biden ended up right. Ukraine turned itself around.

that won't change for decades to come?

Who knows. If the US cracks down hard on corruption and pulls a Zelensky-level turnaround, it's possible. If it comes out that the US, like Ukraine and Hungary, was hijacked by Russian influence, it'd be easier for people to accept.

People also forget nations don't only follow a "rise and fall" dynamic, but also a "ebb and flow" dynamic.

I’ve never seen 343 fans despise Bungie Halo.

I have seen Bungie fans hating on them for sprint, armor abilities, bloom, dmrs, retcons, inclusion of LGBT romance (Osiris x Saint-14 kiss) Lightfall, Marathon, and the abandonment of Destiny 2.

I dont fucking care, the Forerunner twist was bulshit and stupid

Humans being a flawed civilization that thwarted a Flood incursion and held for decades against the Forerunners is more interesting, imho, than humans being godlike stellar engineers that ruled the entire galaxy of as (nearly) perfect mary sues.

The Forerunners having a complex empire of nation-state-castes was a lot more interesting than a galaxy wide monoculture.

Likewise, the Flood being a corrupted eldritch god intent on spreading unending suffering in a great act of revenge is more interesting than the Flood being zombies from deep space reciting edgy poems.

Bungie isnt infallible either

Let's not glaze them.

"Bungle" abandoned Halo and killed Destiny, which only by a divine miracle got brought back because of their own failure with Marathon.

Bungie's own fans were also pretty brutal when Reach came out. Armor Lock, Sprint, Bloom, DMRS, and Hyper Lethal Noble 6 got the fanbase out for their blood. I remember many a declaraction of "Halo is ruined, Halo is now COD".

4 being a dumpster fire lore wise

Despite the complaining, it is pretty ironic that the Forerunner saga confirmed Humans and Forerunners were close cousins anyway.

No protests in the streets.

By "No Protests", you're referring to the "No King's Protests" that took place in over 3,000 locations and were the largest in 250 years of American history?

Or are you referring to the countless smaller protests that regularly go on?

Are you advocating for the US and EU to openly declare war on Russia?

Or are you saying only China and Russia are allowed to engage in proxy wars?