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> I think that's why you get Australians who seem to care more about the US election than our own, and every second conversation seems to have an American contr

> I think that's why you get Australians who seem to care more about the US election than our own, and every second conversation seems to have an American controversy slipped into it here. The US for better or the worse is the 'world leader', the current big 'empire', every country in the world reports on US news. Of course in Australia it doesn't help that you have Sky News (Fox News for Australia) riling people up over stuff that doesn't concern them at all.

andyferris 3y ago
Eh, it seems to me even ABC News follows it closer than necessary.
- lmpdev 3y ago
  I think that's more to do with their reporting standards It's very easy as an ABC journalist to rehash Reuters and AP without fear of incorrectly publishing something That's why you'll often see domestic Australian stories reported in all other outlets except for the ABC - they do not trust other domestic news sources
lmpdev 3y ago
Lots of people in this thread are discounting the importance of Pax Americana Every country's stability, for better or for worse is at least significantly affected by US Politics and their foreign policies In Australia it's been that way since well before LBJ. But even far flung states in different continents are directly affected by US foreign policy, perhaps even moreso than Australia
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  >Lots of people in this thread are discounting the importance of Pax Americana I don't think so; what people (not necessarily in this thread) are discounting is the importance of Pax Americana coming to a close. Like all other empires and world superpowers that came before us, the Age of America will almost certainly end, likely some time this century, whether any of us like it or not. The writing is on the wall for anyone who cares about it, and no it doesn't take a degree in geopolitics or economics to see it. Who's going to be up next to bat? Personally I don't know, though odds seem good it's probably China. Whoever it's going to be though, we will be living our own flavor of an interesting time.
- dgb23 3y ago
  War is peace.
justin66 3y ago
> Of course in Australia it doesn't help that you have Sky News (Fox News for Australia) riling people up over stuff that doesn't concern them at all. Did the sale of Sky to Comcast cause its editorial voice to moderate at all? As an American it's easy enough to imagine what it used to be like, when it was owned by Rupert Murdoch.

andyferris 3y ago

Eh, it seems to me even ABC News follows it closer than necessary.

lmpdev 3y ago
I think that's more to do with their reporting standards It's very easy as an ABC journalist to rehash Reuters and AP without fear of incorrectly publishing something That's why you'll often see domestic Australian stories reported in all other outlets except for the ABC - they do not trust other domestic news sources

lmpdev 3y ago

Lots of people in this thread are discounting the importance of Pax Americana Every country's stability, for better or for worse is at least significantly affected by US Politics and their foreign policies In Australia it's been that way since well before LBJ. But even far flung states in different continents are directly affected by US foreign policy, perhaps even moreso than Australia

Dalewyn 3y ago
>Lots of people in this thread are discounting the importance of Pax Americana I don't think so; what people (not necessarily in this thread) are discounting is the importance of Pax Americana coming to a close. Like all other empires and world superpowers that came before us, the Age of America will almost certainly end, likely some time this century, whether any of us like it or not. The writing is on the wall for anyone who cares about it, and no it doesn't take a degree in geopolitics or economics to see it. Who's going to be up next to bat? Personally I don't know, though odds seem good it's probably China. Whoever it's going to be though, we will be living our own flavor of an interesting time.
dgb23 3y ago
War is peace.

justin66 3y ago

> Of course in Australia it doesn't help that you have Sky News (Fox News for Australia) riling people up over stuff that doesn't concern them at all. Did the sale of Sky to Comcast cause its editorial voice to moderate at all? As an American it's easy enough to imagine what it used to be like, when it was owned by Rupert Murdoch.