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It's not a recent phenomena - it's been happening since WWII. The weirdest part is - the stronger someone is influenced by American political culture, the more

It's not a recent phenomena - it's been happening since WWII. The weirdest part is - the stronger someone is influenced by American political culture, the more they'll tell you about how awful America is.

3grdlurker 5y ago
Because people who are ignorant about America obviously have nothing to say of it? I’m not sure what your point is exactly, but you sound like you’re making ignorance of global politics a good thing.
- LAC-Tech 5y ago
  I'm not trying to make any point at all.
ergocoder 5y ago
This is gonna sound strange. High self-criticism is what I admire about US. In my country, the check and balances and freedom of speech are not strong enough. People are somewhat reserve about criticizing their own countries. And you can pretty much guess what is happening...
- robocat 5y ago
  Self-criticism is my favourite British trait - absolutely no one can take the piss out of the poms like they can do to themselves. It is some sort of reverse pride. I have never noticed much self-criticism in Americans - too many have no clue about other countries so have no point of comparison yet tend to be rather one eyed (overly patriotic) about their own country. By no means all: many travellers tend to be more open minded. My other favourite trait of poms is they recognise and encourage wit at every level of their society.
- ksec 5y ago
  >High self-criticism is what I admire about US. May be its just me. Never really seen anything like that from Americans.
aaron695 5y ago
> It's not a recent phenomena - it's been happening since WWII. Yes, they don't seem to understand their point. QAnon/BLM would always have made it out pre internet, just it would have taken years. Things now are quick. Even early internet ie 2000-2010 it was much slower. The turbocharge really is how quickly it changes and mutates. The feedback loop is what's different.
- scotty79 5y ago
  QAnon wouldn't made it out because it was so stupid that at pre-internet pace the whole thing would have blown over before it got exported to other countries. Even BLM might not have a chance. In that case you don't even have to guess. You can see to what degree previous black protest were important because BLM is just latest occurrence of something that happened in USA multiple times already.

3grdlurker 5y ago

Because people who are ignorant about America obviously have nothing to say of it? I’m not sure what your point is exactly, but you sound like you’re making ignorance of global politics a good thing.

LAC-Tech 5y ago
I'm not trying to make any point at all.

ergocoder 5y ago

This is gonna sound strange. High self-criticism is what I admire about US. In my country, the check and balances and freedom of speech are not strong enough. People are somewhat reserve about criticizing their own countries. And you can pretty much guess what is happening...

robocat 5y ago
Self-criticism is my favourite British trait - absolutely no one can take the piss out of the poms like they can do to themselves. It is some sort of reverse pride. I have never noticed much self-criticism in Americans - too many have no clue about other countries so have no point of comparison yet tend to be rather one eyed (overly patriotic) about their own country. By no means all: many travellers tend to be more open minded. My other favourite trait of poms is they recognise and encourage wit at every level of their society.
ksec 5y ago
>High self-criticism is what I admire about US. May be its just me. Never really seen anything like that from Americans.

aaron695 5y ago

> It's not a recent phenomena - it's been happening since WWII. Yes, they don't seem to understand their point. QAnon/BLM would always have made it out pre internet, just it would have taken years. Things now are quick. Even early internet ie 2000-2010 it was much slower. The turbocharge really is how quickly it changes and mutates. The feedback loop is what's different.

scotty79 5y ago
QAnon wouldn't made it out because it was so stupid that at pre-internet pace the whole thing would have blown over before it got exported to other countries. Even BLM might not have a chance. In that case you don't even have to guess. You can see to what degree previous black protest were important because BLM is just latest occurrence of something that happened in USA multiple times already.