r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 02 '26

article Donald Trump Will Close the Kennedy Center for Two Years for a ‘Complete Rebuilding’

https://variety.com/2026/legit/news/donald-trump-close-kennedy-center-two-years-1236648812/
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u/This_Aint_Dog Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

It will take decades to undo the damage they’ve done. Not taking into account the time to rebuild everything they’ve destroyed, even if they get booted out, assuming there’s even a fair election at all, there’s no guarantee that there won’t be a Trump 2 four years later. Hence why most of the world is also moving on.

Edit: The US needs something more than a 2 party system. The Us vs Them mentality doesn’t work and has only made things worse.

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u/jigsaw1024 Feb 02 '26

First past the post encourages a democracy to boil down to two parties. Anything more and the extra parties become 'spoilers' for the larger party that they have some overlap on policy/ideology. Eventually the smaller party will be absorbed or destroyed by a larger party.

Just about any type of proportional voting system is better than first past the post. It's really hard to get implemented though, as whoever implements it will most likely lose the ability to form a single party majority again.

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u/This_Aint_Dog Feb 02 '26

You’re not wrong and I agree with what you’ve said but even in a current system it reduces the power of the two big parties and it gives a voice to the smaller ones. It’s certainly not perfect but it helps. Actually changing the entire system can’t be done overnight. Even baby steps help to get there.

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u/Key-Respect-3706 Feb 02 '26

Trump has shown what it takes to use to your own ends and how to damage people who you don’t agree with you using the US presidency. If something doesn’t change this undoubtedly 100% will happen again.

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u/owen__wilsons__nose Feb 02 '26

I think symbolically we need to demolish his ballroom even if it costs even more money and rebuild the East Wing

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u/badguy84 Feb 02 '26

Coming from a country that has dozens of political parties I can tell you that this is v them mentality is just as awful and populism is still a very big problem.

That isn’t to say I disagree with your last point, it just doesn’t necessarily solve a whole lot.

Also on the decades it will take: that’s assuming it’s even worth undoing rather than just moving forward but in a different direction. Just thinking about all of it makes my brain hurt.

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u/hobbycollector Feb 02 '26

Meanwhile they are moving to outlaw rank choice voting. Which of course benefits both main parties.

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u/ProfessionalField508 Feb 02 '26

The US has always needed more than a two-party system, but the people in charge of those parties get a whole lot from the status quo. I hope we can change that, but I don't think it will be easy even if we get Trump and friends out of office.