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Those don't seem like the best reasons. European and American economics are pretty close. Europe isn't socialist, it has broader welfare system than the US, but
by jemmyw 1y ago
Those don't seem like the best reasons. European and American economics are pretty close. Europe isn't socialist, it has broader welfare system than the US, but the US has significant welfare systems as well.
I've lived in the US and in Europe and the UK. Shared culture is still very significant. If anything, maybe even closer now than in the 90s.
There's probably other reasons to think about the why and how of alliances than these.
- terminalshort 1y agoYou are correct in terms of economics and culture, but the UK has turned extremely authoritarian and jails people for social media posts frequently.
- twixfel 1y agoThe UK is nowhere near as authoritarian as the USA currently is so I don't understand your criticism. If anything it could bring us together!
- immibis 1y agoI'm okay with a country jailing people for the crime of tweeting "we should murder all trans people". That probably should be a crime. Punishment should fit the crime though, so no more than a few weeks.
- jemmyw 1y agoThe US is allied with actual authoritarian regimes. I'm not a big fan of the UK, I grew up there and left. But this whole UK is authoritarian thing is totally overblown in the US media and HN comments. Having free speech restrictions implemented by an elected government isn't authoritarian. You could even say that having totally free speech imposed by a non-elected government is authoritarian if people don't want it. These things are separate. I listen to UK media quite often (topical comedies mostly) and my feeling is that these laws are generally supported. There's a lot of negativity about social media from bullying up to incitement of violence.
- tremon 1y agoThe US is allied with actual authoritarian regimes. So is the EU, btw: Hungary, Turkey, and Israel.
- null_deref 1y agoIsrael is not authoritarian in present time
- jemmyw 1y agoyes? I wasn't doing a moral comparison, I was just pointing out that it's not really in the equation of reasons the US makes alliances.