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You as an individual might not care what the rest of the world thinks but it matters to America as whole what the rest of the world thinks. There are genuine ef
by andybak 6y ago
You as an individual might not care what the rest of the world thinks but it matters to America as whole what the rest of the world thinks. There are genuine effects economically, culturally and militarily that reaches every US citizen in some form or the other. Unless you retreat into some form of isolationism so severe it is without historical precedent then you will care.
- yostrovs 6y agoYou want us to care. You care, judging by the first half of any European news program being devoted to the United States. But you care because you think you're "citizens of the world". Well, you don't actually care. You just watch those news to be smug or to think you're smart, but it does nothing and nobody here thinks about your opinion when they go about their day. Really.
- andybak 6y agoYou missed my point entirely. It doesn't matter whether you think you care. Pride, chest-puffing and posturing don't matter either. The outside world has a habit of affecting things whether you pay attention to them or not.
- yostrovs 6y agoYou know, there's a saying that America is always predicted to become fascist, but Europe seems to be the one that always falls in that trap. Having the first half of every European news program start with the United States is the current evidence that this is again about to be the case. People should focus on their own countries and their own news. We, Americans, are certainly upset about the racism, police brutality, and the riots. We don't need to hear it from Europeans that are just watching it for the laughs, thinking they're somehow better.
- alabaster_punt 6y ago> Having the first half of every European news program start with the United States You keep saying this but it's completely false, something you've just pulled out of your ass in a typical display of chest-puffing the person you're replying to is talking about.
- petargyurov 6y agoYou're missing the bigger picture. A non-US citizen expressing critism of America does not automatically mean that they're laughing at you or your country. This isn't a competition or a school playground. Set your pride and nationalism to the side for just a second and consider that these critisms could have been born from a genuine issue, and not fabricated/exaggerated by "European media"
- yostrovs 6y agoEvery time I check out BBC, DW, France 24, or any other European world news service, America is almost always first to be discussed. What Trump says, shootings, demonstrations, etc. It's all domestic affairs, but covered as though it's world news. Why would someone in Bavaria care so much about a shooting in Flint, Michigan? What about shootings in other countries? The horrors in Africa? Barely covered. No one cares. So that's why this is not criticism, but some kind of competitive snickering. Europeans seem to need to feel better about themselves when comparing about Americans. Americans, on the other hand, rightfully don't care about what goes on overall in Europe.
- andybak 6y agoI watch the news in the UK nearly every day and what you say is just not true. I suspect you're viewing the international versions of those channels rather than the domestic ones.