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This is an awful symptom of American cultural colonialism. They feed with one hand while slapping in the face with the other. Choke with your sitcoms and superh

This is an awful symptom of American cultural colonialism. They feed with one hand while slapping in the face with the other. Choke with your sitcoms and superheroes.

matheusmoreira 5y ago
Yeah. And if you don't at least look like you're cooperating, the USA will put you in a literal naughty list of bad countries and develop "action plans" for dealing with it. https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_Special_301_Report.pdf https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_Special_301_Report... You can't just isolate yourself from them either without massive economic consequences. Even if you suffered through those consequences, they'll probably just force you to trade anyway just like they did with Japan once.
- oscargrouch 5y ago
  That's why Biden while being a relief to north-americans(and i completely agree) its worse for the rest of the world at least from the perspective of enforcing north-american policies and legislation worldwide (read big-co, intelligence agencies). Given Trump focus on the internal affairs of the US, while the political climate was toxic at home, at least it let all others breath a little. Now with Biden it will star all over again.. North-american companies, intelligence agencies, basically the status-quo interests being enforced all over.. At least now the government is caring about the environment and as while at home the policies are more left-leaning, i bet the will not be the same for foreign countries, and i expect things like copyright enforcement to gain more strength (basically all the traditional corporate and government bullies) From the perspective of international political affairs its the resurgence of the good'ol "United Corporations of America" policy enforcement.
  - lucian1900 5y ago
    Not sure Biden should be a relief to US citizens either, he’s the author of the crime bill after all. The only significant difference between him and Trump is aesthetic.
    - officeplant 5y ago
      Nah as an American its a massive relief to have someone more predictable in office. Even if he stands for a lot of what is wrong with the status quo and weak center politics. It has been kinda nice to wake up these last few months and not open my phone to check on how the clown in charge was continuing the circus acts on a world stage.
      - lucian1900 5y ago
        Aesthetically, sure. Materially, nothing has changed.
  - mrandish 5y ago
    I agree completely. Strangely, the term "two party system" might lead one to assume there's a meaningful difference in real-world policy outcomes. Sadly, this is all too rare and, in practice, the differences are mostly in the claimed intentions and not the delivered results. As an American, please accept my apology for all uninvited interference in the economic and political affairs of other nations.
    - oscargrouch 5y ago
      > As an American, please accept my apology for all uninvited interference in the economic and political affairs of other nations. No need for apologies. This is all super complex, gigantic, out of our hands mess that is hard to make it advance even a little. I know how it feels. But its good to know that you care, and that's the reason why we should never fall for cheap generalizations.
- Teknoman117 5y ago
  I couldn't believe Canada was on this list and just had to take a look, considering they're one of our closest allies. The entire section is a somber example of how screwed up our medical system is. The section on Switzerland is just about how annoyed the government is at their privacy protections.
  - matheusmoreira 5y ago
    Basically the USA won't rest until the entire world becomes america. God forbid US corporations actually adapt to the countries they want to sell their products in. Better to leverage the US government's power in order to pressure other countries into adopting american laws. For example, search the document for "right holder". It's full of this. Rights holders are concerned about this, rights holders are concerned about that... Why does some corporation's "concerns" matter at all? It's mind-boggling. This entire document is just an endless list of complaints from US corporations about countries that aren't playing by their rules. They want the US government to "fix" the other countries so they can turn a profit there.
    - aidenn0 5y ago
      It's even worse than that. They get other countries to make harsher laws than the US has, then when they try to pass similar laws in the US, they argue that it's just normalizing our laws with what other countries are doing...
      - richardhod 5y ago
        I'm interested in links to any examples if you have some because this is a development I haven't heard of, and I am dartley curious
        matheusmoreira 5y ago
        I'm not sure if this is what aidenn0 was talking about but I think Australia can be considered an example. The Five Eyes seem to be using Australia as some kind of legal testing ground. Not too long ago Australia introduced incredible laws such as legal requirements for companies to serve as state-sponsored malware vectors. Australian companies are now required to compromise the security of their own customers if so ordered by law enforcement. Presumably the other Five Eyes are watching to see how that plays out before attempting similar shenanigans. If it works, I have no doubt they'll use Australia as a shining example to justify implementing the same changes elsewhere. My own country is an example. The government really likes to copy whatever it is developed countries are doing. Watching how other countries regulate stuff is a great way to predict what I might have to deal with in the future. We created our own GDPR after Europe did it. Telecommunications companies tried to lobby against net neutrality here citing the US as an "industry standard" example.
broknbottle 5y ago
Team America World Police. Don't worry bro everything will be Bonj
slowmovintarget 5y ago
Nah, it's a symptom of America mostly producing TV shows and Movies as opposed to actual physical products that people need or love in their lives. That particular business (Hollywood) happens to also be the propaganda arm for the current power, so naturally it's protected ham-fistedly by policy makers.

This is an awful symptom of American cultural colonialism. They feed with one hand while slapping in the face with the other. Choke with your sitcoms and superheroes.

matheusmoreira 5y ago

Yeah. And if you don't at least look like you're cooperating, the USA will put you in a literal naughty list of bad countries and develop "action plans" for dealing with it. https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_Special_301_Report.pdf https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2019_Special_301_Report... You can't just isolate yourself from them either without massive economic consequences. Even if you suffered through those consequences, they'll probably just force you to trade anyway just like they did with Japan once.

oscargrouch 5y ago
That's why Biden while being a relief to north-americans(and i completely agree) its worse for the rest of the world at least from the perspective of enforcing north-american policies and legislation worldwide (read big-co, intelligence agencies). Given Trump focus on the internal affairs of the US, while the political climate was toxic at home, at least it let all others breath a little. Now with Biden it will star all over again.. North-american companies, intelligence agencies, basically the status-quo interests being enforced all over.. At least now the government is caring about the environment and as while at home the policies are more left-leaning, i bet the will not be the same for foreign countries, and i expect things like copyright enforcement to gain more strength (basically all the traditional corporate and government bullies) From the perspective of international political affairs its the resurgence of the good'ol "United Corporations of America" policy enforcement.
- lucian1900 5y ago
  Not sure Biden should be a relief to US citizens either, he’s the author of the crime bill after all. The only significant difference between him and Trump is aesthetic.
  - officeplant 5y ago
    Nah as an American its a massive relief to have someone more predictable in office. Even if he stands for a lot of what is wrong with the status quo and weak center politics. It has been kinda nice to wake up these last few months and not open my phone to check on how the clown in charge was continuing the circus acts on a world stage.
    - lucian1900 5y ago
      Aesthetically, sure. Materially, nothing has changed.
- mrandish 5y ago
  I agree completely. Strangely, the term "two party system" might lead one to assume there's a meaningful difference in real-world policy outcomes. Sadly, this is all too rare and, in practice, the differences are mostly in the claimed intentions and not the delivered results. As an American, please accept my apology for all uninvited interference in the economic and political affairs of other nations.
  - oscargrouch 5y ago
    > As an American, please accept my apology for all uninvited interference in the economic and political affairs of other nations. No need for apologies. This is all super complex, gigantic, out of our hands mess that is hard to make it advance even a little. I know how it feels. But its good to know that you care, and that's the reason why we should never fall for cheap generalizations.
Teknoman117 5y ago
I couldn't believe Canada was on this list and just had to take a look, considering they're one of our closest allies. The entire section is a somber example of how screwed up our medical system is. The section on Switzerland is just about how annoyed the government is at their privacy protections.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  Basically the USA won't rest until the entire world becomes america. God forbid US corporations actually adapt to the countries they want to sell their products in. Better to leverage the US government's power in order to pressure other countries into adopting american laws. For example, search the document for "right holder". It's full of this. Rights holders are concerned about this, rights holders are concerned about that... Why does some corporation's "concerns" matter at all? It's mind-boggling. This entire document is just an endless list of complaints from US corporations about countries that aren't playing by their rules. They want the US government to "fix" the other countries so they can turn a profit there.
  - aidenn0 5y ago
    It's even worse than that. They get other countries to make harsher laws than the US has, then when they try to pass similar laws in the US, they argue that it's just normalizing our laws with what other countries are doing...
    - richardhod 5y ago
      I'm interested in links to any examples if you have some because this is a development I haven't heard of, and I am dartley curious
      - matheusmoreira 5y ago
        I'm not sure if this is what aidenn0 was talking about but I think Australia can be considered an example. The Five Eyes seem to be using Australia as some kind of legal testing ground. Not too long ago Australia introduced incredible laws such as legal requirements for companies to serve as state-sponsored malware vectors. Australian companies are now required to compromise the security of their own customers if so ordered by law enforcement. Presumably the other Five Eyes are watching to see how that plays out before attempting similar shenanigans. If it works, I have no doubt they'll use Australia as a shining example to justify implementing the same changes elsewhere. My own country is an example. The government really likes to copy whatever it is developed countries are doing. Watching how other countries regulate stuff is a great way to predict what I might have to deal with in the future. We created our own GDPR after Europe did it. Telecommunications companies tried to lobby against net neutrality here citing the US as an "industry standard" example.

broknbottle 5y ago

Team America World Police. Don't worry bro everything will be Bonj

slowmovintarget 5y ago

Nah, it's a symptom of America mostly producing TV shows and Movies as opposed to actual physical products that people need or love in their lives. That particular business (Hollywood) happens to also be the propaganda arm for the current power, so naturally it's protected ham-fistedly by policy makers.