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It continues to amaze me how much time Europeans spend criticizing the U.S. for all of our nonsense, while they too are sprinting toward a more authoritarian fu
by tharne 1y ago
It continues to amaze me how much time Europeans spend criticizing the U.S. for all of our nonsense, while they too are sprinting toward a more authoritarian future.
- Hikikomori 1y agoIt's almost like its different people.
- shafyy 1y agoWe can criticise the US and the EU at the same time.
- latexr 1y agoThere’s no incongruence in criticising both. Don’t be a tribalist arguing for one over the other; criticise each for what they do wrong, and praise each for what they do right. Argue for a better world for all instead of wishing for others to be worse off.
- tharne 1y agoThere's no incongruence as you say, but focusing on problems in other countries where you have little to no first hand knowledge or influence and no real skin in the game is just a distraction.