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> If you're wondering why there was, and continues to be, resentment of the U.S. around the globe, the McDonald's protest is a pretty good example of how Americ
by georgiecasey 7y ago
> If you're wondering why there was, and continues to be, resentment of the U.S. around the globe, the McDonald's protest is a pretty good example of how America manages to look like a bully to suit its economic interests.
but the US didn't sentence this guy to prison, it was French courts
- Arkanosis 7y agoThe point of the thread is that US manages to look like a bully not because it sentenced him to prison (which it didn't, indeed), but because it placed tariffs on EU agricultural products in retaliation for it refusing its beef stuffed with hormones.
- andonisus 7y agoIs this not standard practice for how countries trade with each other?
- stronglikedan 7y agoYes, but common practice and current narrative often conflict.