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Do you notice how nobody in America cares who the leaders in Europe are? Because it doesn’t matter. Which should tell you that you guys are bad at picking leade

by imgabe 2y ago

Do you notice how nobody in America cares who the leaders in Europe are? Because it doesn’t matter. Which should tell you that you guys are bad at picking leaders.

piltdownman 2y ago
Or it could just be because of the real fear of the consequences of the mindset of American Exceptionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...
- imgabe 2y ago
  The only reason there are US military bases in your countries is because TWICE you idiots started wars that almost destroyed the world.
  - piltdownman 2y ago
    Are we just ignoring the Bay of Pigs? The Iran-Contra Affair? Vietnam? Desert Shield? Desert Storm? I hesitate to even mention Kissinger who was effectively an autonomous nation-state during the carpet-bombing of Cambodia. This is non-withstanding the fact that WW2 was effectively a result of punitive measures and economic destruction following WW1 (a blueprint for the post-Charlie Wilson's Afghanistan if you will). The causes of WW1 however - bad faith alliances during the right-wing rise of imperialism, militarism, and nationalism - look to be back in play in the North American Continent.
    - imgabe 2y ago
      The power differential between the US and the rest of North and South America pretty much guarantees that nothing like WWI could happen. Europe had hundreds of years of plundering the rest of the world. WWI happened because Germany wanted a piece of the pie too, and the other, more established powers didn't want to share. None of that had anything to do with American Exceptionalism. And, yeah, America's not perfect. We got thrust into the role of being a global superpower after the second time Europe tried to blow itself up. The other option was the USSR (who did their own share of empire building).
kukkamario 2y ago
In well functioning democracy the government policy shouldn't flipflop constantly and president shouldn't have enough power to break everything. In Europe, president's power is much more limited, there are more political parties and one party winning elections doesn't immediately change the country's policy to everything, even winning parties need to consider opinions of other parties. So overall country's policy more closely reflects the average opinion of the whole population instead of just the currently ruling party. Changes are much more slow and gradual and a single leader change doesn't immediately affect that much. Politics are boring as they should be.
- imgabe 2y ago
  Yes, a nice boring decline into global irrelevance. Sorry, but being leader of the free world does not allow much room for boredom.

by imgabe 2y ago

Do you notice how nobody in America cares who the leaders in Europe are? Because it doesn’t matter. Which should tell you that you guys are bad at picking leaders.

piltdownman 2y ago

Or it could just be because of the real fear of the consequences of the mindset of American Exceptionalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

imgabe 2y ago
The only reason there are US military bases in your countries is because TWICE you idiots started wars that almost destroyed the world.
- piltdownman 2y ago
  Are we just ignoring the Bay of Pigs? The Iran-Contra Affair? Vietnam? Desert Shield? Desert Storm? I hesitate to even mention Kissinger who was effectively an autonomous nation-state during the carpet-bombing of Cambodia. This is non-withstanding the fact that WW2 was effectively a result of punitive measures and economic destruction following WW1 (a blueprint for the post-Charlie Wilson's Afghanistan if you will). The causes of WW1 however - bad faith alliances during the right-wing rise of imperialism, militarism, and nationalism - look to be back in play in the North American Continent.
  - imgabe 2y ago
    The power differential between the US and the rest of North and South America pretty much guarantees that nothing like WWI could happen. Europe had hundreds of years of plundering the rest of the world. WWI happened because Germany wanted a piece of the pie too, and the other, more established powers didn't want to share. None of that had anything to do with American Exceptionalism. And, yeah, America's not perfect. We got thrust into the role of being a global superpower after the second time Europe tried to blow itself up. The other option was the USSR (who did their own share of empire building).

kukkamario 2y ago

In well functioning democracy the government policy shouldn't flipflop constantly and president shouldn't have enough power to break everything. In Europe, president's power is much more limited, there are more political parties and one party winning elections doesn't immediately change the country's policy to everything, even winning parties need to consider opinions of other parties. So overall country's policy more closely reflects the average opinion of the whole population instead of just the currently ruling party. Changes are much more slow and gradual and a single leader change doesn't immediately affect that much. Politics are boring as they should be.

imgabe 2y ago
Yes, a nice boring decline into global irrelevance. Sorry, but being leader of the free world does not allow much room for boredom.