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I'm European and I 100% disagree with the characterization that I'm sitting here thinking "America, what are you doing?".
by jgrahamc 2y ago
I'm European and I 100% disagree with the characterization that I'm sitting here thinking "America, what are you doing?".
- n4r9 2y agoTo be fair, you're not a typical European (or Brit). Out of curiosity what are you thinking?
- tomrod 2y agoI can't speak for OP, but typically "Refugee Bad" is a stance I see regularly among rightwingers. We really do need a rebuild of the Civilian Conservation Corp, which built out massive infrastructure in the US. Not Potemkim style infra like ghost cities, but infra that is needed and useful. Bridges, dams, solar and wind, dikes, etc. Paired with effective economic and trade policy and you get a golden age for a few decades. People contributing to the economy and building infrastructure results in a lot of knock on benefits.
- jgrahamc 2y agoThe comment I responded to could be interpreted as "America, I don't understand what you're doing" or "America, I disagree strongly with what you're doing". I was responding to the former. I am simply unsurprised by the result. It was obvious for a long time that he had a good chance of winning and appealed to a lot of people. The result is likely going to show him winning the electoral college and the popular vote. Sounds like democracy doing its thing.
- n4r9 2y agoI understand. After the assassination attempt I was sure Trump would get an easy win, but then Harris replaced Biden and the polls reversed, and I guess I got my hopes up.
- arp242 2y agoIt wasn't surprising based on the polls, no, but I'm fairly sure the "what are you doing?" was intended as a "what's wrong with you?" (or: "I don't understand what you're doing") rather than "I'm surprised". I'm pretty sure plenty of Americans are also asking "what's wrong with us?" – I believe Obama said pretty much that earlier this week or last week.