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> Reading about what has been happening over the past years in the UK while sitting in the US is really strange. Sometimes it feels like reading about a cartoon

> Reading about what has been happening over the past years in the UK while sitting in the US is really strange. Sometimes it feels like reading about a cartoonish banana republic in a novel aimed at young teenagers. that's funny as that's exactly what we think about the US (especially its political system) this was particularly terrifying to watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-63417249 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-63417249

nova22033 4y ago
The preview on that video has Dr. Oz with a shotgun. Dr. Oz lost.
bsnnkv 4y ago
I think as a Brit I'm still technically in the "We". ;) What I have realized since living in the US is that every state is wildly different. Even regions within states are wildly different. Of course, I knew this before moving here, but it's a different thing entirely to experience it. There are definitely big issues in US politics, at the federal level, at the state level and at the city/regional level. But if you don't like somewhere, you can move. I live in Seattle, for example, where a significant number of LGBTQ+ young adults move from all over the country. The UK in comparison feels incredibly homogeneous, diversity of regional accents aside. London dominates the entire country both politically and economically. The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago
  > The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities Reguonal authorities seem to have just enough power so that central government can blame them when something goes wrong, but nothing of substance. The pinnacle of their day seems to be a pay dispute with the bin collectors or blocking someone from converting their loft because they submitted the request on the wrong kind of paper. The only chance for UK to turn around is constitutional change, for example federalisation
HL33tibCe7 4y ago
However much we like to laugh at them, the US is fundamentally in a much better position than us economically.

nova22033 4y ago

The preview on that video has Dr. Oz with a shotgun. Dr. Oz lost.

bsnnkv 4y ago

I think as a Brit I'm still technically in the "We". ;) What I have realized since living in the US is that every state is wildly different. Even regions within states are wildly different. Of course, I knew this before moving here, but it's a different thing entirely to experience it. There are definitely big issues in US politics, at the federal level, at the state level and at the city/regional level. But if you don't like somewhere, you can move. I live in Seattle, for example, where a significant number of LGBTQ+ young adults move from all over the country. The UK in comparison feels incredibly homogeneous, diversity of regional accents aside. London dominates the entire country both politically and economically. The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> The impacts of poor governance at the country level are felt everywhere and cannot really be offset by regional authorities Reguonal authorities seem to have just enough power so that central government can blame them when something goes wrong, but nothing of substance. The pinnacle of their day seems to be a pay dispute with the bin collectors or blocking someone from converting their loft because they submitted the request on the wrong kind of paper. The only chance for UK to turn around is constitutional change, for example federalisation

HL33tibCe7 4y ago

However much we like to laugh at them, the US is fundamentally in a much better position than us economically.