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Why does everything need to devolve into a discussion or comment about US politics? Not everyone cares that much about it.
by xandrius 2y ago
Why does everything need to devolve into a discussion or comment about US politics? Not everyone cares that much about it.
- pjmlp 2y agoBecause of the ways it influence modern life, and technology choices. Those that don't care will eventually find themselves on a situation where they will care, by then it will be too late.
- porridgeraisin 2y ago> because of the ways it X Because of the ways the benefactors want us to think it X It really doesn't matter as much as the hysteria around it. Maybe the hysteria is 0.0001% accurate and that's generous. This is true for any political tribe, politics and political messaging in general.
- PhasmaFelis 2y agoWhatever your feelings on the current US administration, no reasonable person could deny that it's having significant effects worldwide.
- porridgeraisin 2y agoThe economic priorities of the US will have significant effects worldwide even if you put a watermelon in the president's office. It has been having significant effects worldwide for the last 100 years. Politics has not changed this one bit.
- PhasmaFelis 2y agoSome "significant effects" are a lot bigger and more broadly negative than others. You know this.
- poincaredisk 2y agoI care, but mostly about my country, then my continent, and only them I'm roughly aware of things happening in other large countries (Russia, China, the US). I still don't see why comment about the US administration is relevant here. The University of Tübingen is in Germany.
- pjmlp 2y agoIt isn't as if European countries are free of such problems, with similar minded parties, and since you mention Germany, AfD keeps increasing their size.