Because what happens in the US tends to affect the whole world too.
My whole world collapsed last year too so I've been living in some kind of a twilight zone lately.
Because what happens in the US tends to affect the whole world too.
My whole world collapsed last year too so I've been living in some kind of a twilight zone lately.
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No, that's only a small part of it. Let's be honest and politically incorrect here: the main reason why people outside of the USA seem to care so much about US-internal affairs and especially US-internal politics is because of the following three reasons...:
- Of all the people on this planet with a connection to the internet, the most vocal ones are the US Americans. That may of course be due to the fact that the internet as we know it started off as a US military computer network ─ and is still for most part under US control ─ and due to the fact that the USA has since the end of World War II been conducting an aggressive economical and geopolitical policy out of its fear of communism, and specifically, its fear of the former USSR. As a result of this ─ and far more than as a result of any activity by the former British Empire ─ English has become a quasi-universal language on this planet. Which for most US Americans is a good thing, because most of them don't speak any other languages.
- Most US Americans ─ whether (USA-termed) left-wing or right-wing ─ have a very parochial world view that puts the USA at the center of the universe, in combination with the fact that the US education system also doesn't appear to educate US American children on account of what happens outside of the United States of America, nor on account of the history and cultures of other countries than the USA. The only exception to that rule may be the countries that the USA has had dealings with in the past, or has been at war with, and in that case, it'll most likely be recounted with a highly US-favorable flavor.
- In line with the bullet point here-above, most US Americans also believe that the USA is somehow exceptional in its freedom and democracy, while at the same time they appear totally oblivious regarding such things as the Patriot Act, or the fact that there are only two political parties, both of which are entirely sponsored by the corporate sector, or about the fact that the USA does not respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, engages in torture, infiltrates and overthrows foreign governments, engages in so-called extrajudicial killings (i.e. assassinations) and that the USA still condones capital punishment ─ and regards it as a crime deterrent, in spite of all the evidence that it doesn't have any such effect ─ or that human rights aren't even respected within the borders of the USA. This irrational belief then translates into a completely misplaced sense of patriotism and nationalism, coupled to the parochial world view.
By consequence, in virtually every discussion on the internet that US Americans are involved with, inevitably the concept of US politics will be brought up, and with great passion too ─ not to mention, bigotry. As a result, non-Americans are just as inevitably drawn into those discussions ─ which can get pretty explosive if someone dares criticize the USA's politics or culture ─ or are at best forced to witness the exchange.
There, I've said it.
In an amusing way ─ or an annoying way, depending on what mood you're in ─ there is even a very similar thing going on here in the Flanders with regard to the city of Antwerp. Most of what I said about the USA here-above also applies to Antwerp, except that you can substitute politics by football ─ or what Americans call "soccer". Antwerpians also believe that they live at the center of the universe, and are totally oblivious of anything from outside of Antwerp. And they can't seem to stop themselves from making fun of the people living in the countryside, but the irony of it all is that they themselves are constantly migrating to the countryside.
For instance, the village where I grew up ─ which lies in the East Flanders province, not the Antwerp province, and is in no way, shape or form related to Antwerp ─ is already swarming with Antwerpians now. You can't miss them, because people from Antwerp have an unmistakable and very recognizable accent and dialect, not to mention an ostensibly self-righteous attitude.
It's a cultural thing. Whenever a certain population is indoctrinated with the belief that they are somehow superior to any other population, they will also start behaving that way. And the city of Antwerp is a metropolitan with "only" 1'200'000 people. The United States of America is a country, with approximately 300'000'000 people. And they have the biggest military-industrial complex and nuclear arsenal in the world. Which, if you consider American culture and the average level of intelligence of the US population, is actually quite worrisome.
= DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =
Aianawa (17th January 2021), Chris (12th January 2021), Dreamtimer (13th January 2021), Elen (12th January 2021), Emil El Zapato (12th January 2021), Octopus Garden (17th January 2021), Wind (12th January 2021)
Speaking of Americans
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The Pete & Sebastian Show
Episode 441
Jan 11, 2021Pete deals with a huge loss.
1:03:48 minutes
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpo0BaMKCU
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The Pete & Sebastian Show Pete Correale & Sebastian Maniscalco Two A-list comedians, Pete Correale and Sebastian Maniscalco, get together once a week to create a comedy radio show with stories and comedy bits.
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