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When you say America you certainly mean USA? Or is America a country now?
by ainiriand 1y ago
When you say America you certainly mean USA? Or is America a country now?
- drysine 1y ago[flagged]
- array_key_first 1y agoAmerica is colloquially the USA. The Americas is something else. South America is something else. North America is something else.
- drysine 1y agoThat time has passed.
- Dylan16807 1y agoNow you have me really curious. When did "that time" start, and when did it end?
- 1718627440 1y agoMaybe it started, when the USA became the global power in the half of the 20th century and it stopped when they lost being the free and aspiring country others countries think they should model after, which might be in 2001, or when they openly started extorting their (former) allies, which is under Trump.
- drysine 1y agoWell, in the 90s there was almost total adoration of the US in Russia and America meant only one thing - the US. Decade later the US lost most of its soft power due to the abuse of its dominant military and economic position in the world and then lost its dominant position too with the rise of the economies around the world. People now see the US as a strong state on the lands of native Americans on the continent called North America.
- maximinus_thrax 11mo agoInteresting perspective. In contrast, people see Russia as a miserable shithole just like they did in the 90s and generally throughout history. Basically both Europe's and Asia's backwater at the same time, which is remarkable.
- bluebarbet 1y agoTechnically, America is neither a country nor a continent. But the USA is the only country on either of the continents of the Americas to have the word "America" in its official name. Give the Americans a break.
- foxglacier 1y agoI think this is a cultural difference around the world. In my county, people call it America. USA sounds a bit wanky or what Americans themselves call it. It doesn't matter because everyone knows what you mean.