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I honestly don't understand what your satire is trying to say, and would agree with zozbot234's pretty straight forward reply: the US is probably lean right amo

I honestly don't understand what your satire is trying to say, and would agree with zozbot234's pretty straight forward reply: the US is probably lean right among Western countries, but compared to all the countries in the world, it's not. Most of Asian and African countries lean much more "right" compared to the US, as a starter.

Kim_Bruning 6y ago
Specifically -as a nearly trivial statement- en.wikipedia is predominantly edited by those people who can write in English. These can be: * Native speakers: From eg. USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland. * People who speak English as a second language (which is most of the western world including western Europe) In general out of this set of countries, the USA tends to be fairly (economically) conservative and right-leaning. (Compare with eg. Netherlands, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, New Zealand, etc. ) What makes you say that countries in eg. Asia are more right leaning than the USA? That surprises me a bit.
- fireattack 6y ago
  Of out this set of countries, I agree; but she/he specifically quoted a sentence from your original comment, therefore I think his/her observation is fine. > What makes you say that countries in eg. Asia are more right leaning than the USA By living there most of my life.
  - Kim_Bruning 6y ago
    Ah! Which country are you in, if I may ask? I'd like to look it up! (In return: I'm currently in Germany, Netherlands. These countries are considerably left of the USA in terms of eg socialized health care and education, views on woman's rights, and general permissiveness and openness to new ideas.) What do you consider right/left wing in this context, and how is the country you are in right wing? (Perhaps you're in Singapore or so?)
Kim_Bruning 6y ago
I think I'd better explain the "1776" comment a bit better: America was not the only country to have a great revolution. Starting almost a century earlier, and (in part following america's example) up to this day, many countries have seen revolutions or reforms. The world has continued to evolve and grow. Americans are often taught of American exceptionalism, that an enlightened America is (was) alone in the dark. Perhaps (nearly) so in 1776; But the fact today is that America is no longer the only nation with a liberal world view, social progressiveness and openness to diverse views. Now many other nations stand beside it or even ahead of it. This is not a bad problem to have of course (or even a problem at all! )

Kim_Bruning 6y ago

Specifically -as a nearly trivial statement- en.wikipedia is predominantly edited by those people who can write in English. These can be: * Native speakers: From eg. USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland. * People who speak English as a second language (which is most of the western world including western Europe) In general out of this set of countries, the USA tends to be fairly (economically) conservative and right-leaning. (Compare with eg. Netherlands, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, New Zealand, etc. ) What makes you say that countries in eg. Asia are more right leaning than the USA? That surprises me a bit.

fireattack 6y ago
Of out this set of countries, I agree; but she/he specifically quoted a sentence from your original comment, therefore I think his/her observation is fine. > What makes you say that countries in eg. Asia are more right leaning than the USA By living there most of my life.
- Kim_Bruning 6y ago
  Ah! Which country are you in, if I may ask? I'd like to look it up! (In return: I'm currently in Germany, Netherlands. These countries are considerably left of the USA in terms of eg socialized health care and education, views on woman's rights, and general permissiveness and openness to new ideas.) What do you consider right/left wing in this context, and how is the country you are in right wing? (Perhaps you're in Singapore or so?)

Kim_Bruning 6y ago

I think I'd better explain the "1776" comment a bit better: America was not the only country to have a great revolution. Starting almost a century earlier, and (in part following america's example) up to this day, many countries have seen revolutions or reforms. The world has continued to evolve and grow. Americans are often taught of American exceptionalism, that an enlightened America is (was) alone in the dark. Perhaps (nearly) so in 1776; But the fact today is that America is no longer the only nation with a liberal world view, social progressiveness and openness to diverse views. Now many other nations stand beside it or even ahead of it. This is not a bad problem to have of course (or even a problem at all! )