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Oh, definitely. They did a great job fact checking Volkswagen: https://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/peter-mock-vom-icct-ueber-den-vw-abgasskandal-a-1054338.html

Oh, definitely. They did a great job fact checking Volkswagen: https://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/peter-mock-vom-icct-ueber-den-vw-abgasskandal-a-1054338.html https://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/peter-mock-vom-icct-uebe... I really don't understand how Americophobia can be so disproportionate among HN crowd. Does anyone honestly think politicians in a specific part of the world are not corrupt?

tpush 4y ago
The sentiment on HN toward any given country depends on which country's people is currently awake. At the time the article was posted, and currently still, it's probably more Europeans than Americans.
bluescarni 4y ago
> Does anyone honestly think politicians in a specific part of the world are not corrupt? Just because American democracy is failing, it does not mean democracy is failing everywhere.
- kompatible 4y ago
  Is Hungary's corruption a result of "American democracy failing" or is that homegrown?
- usrn 4y ago
  Democracy is only "failing" when the people vote in politicians that create barriers for certain investment bankers.
zamalek 4y ago
To address the strawman: * The mix of corrupt decisions to honest decisions is probably very different between USA and EU. * USA legally endorses bribes[1]. [1]: https://ballotpedia.org/Super_PAC https://ballotpedia.org/Super_PAC