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As a European, the Anti-Americanism is not performative. It's a deep disconnect in values, brought to the forefront by the current administration and the oliga
by vrganj 7mo ago
As a European, the Anti-Americanism is not performative.
It's a deep disconnect in values, brought to the forefront by the current administration and the oligarchs running wild.
America used to be seen as an example, the big brother watching out for us.
Now it's a cautionary tale of greed, hubris and societal decay, as well as an increasingly antagonistic actor of global instability.
Y'all ruined your reputation and the fact you're trying to pin that on us is just another example of said hubris. Until you at least own up to it, there's no viable path to recovery.
- slibhb 7mo agoIt's mostly performative, and posts like this prove the point.
- vrganj 7mo agoMeanwhile, I believe your post proves my point. Funny how perspective works, isn't it? It feels like the last tantrum of a dying empire from our vantage point. Sad, but ultimately irrelevant.
- slibhb 7mo agoI see one person having a tantrum in this thread (and it's not me).
- vrganj 7mo agoYet again, you are vocalizing my exact thoughts. Feels like the disconnect I described is real, doesn't it? Might not be performative after all then...
- monkey_monkey 7mo agoDoes feel like it's you though.
- maest 7mo ago"Tantrum" is a choice word.
- pessimizer 7mo agoNo, you were having a discussion, and now you're the one who just had a tantrum. If you're going to be personally offended when somebody says that the US looks like it is throwing a tantrum, nobody worthwhile is going to think it's worth talking to you.
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]
- drnick1 7mo ago> It's a deep disconnect in values So, it's performative. While they complain about American hegemony, Europeans buy iPhones (or Android), drink Coke, scroll Instagram, and listen to Taylor Swift. And while they might object to NATO spending, decades of inadequate military spending have left Europe with no real alternative to buying protection from America.
- gunsle 7mo agoThere’s nothing more hilarious to me than neck beard euros waxing poetic about America doing them dirty while simultaneously using “ya’ll” in the very same post. I’ve never once heard a European say ya’ll and I’ve met a lot of them.
- vrganj 7mo agoLinguistic flexibility is a key part of the European identity :-)
- AlexeyBelov 7mo agoCan we, like, not say stuff like "neck beard euros"? And this is less that two hours after your own complaint about Reddit-like discussions on this site.
- will4274 7mo agoYou're right about the values disconnect. In America, we believe in democracy and individual rights. In Europe, y'all still have kings and queens and authoritarian governments.
- vrganj 7mo agoIt is quite silly to say things like that while armed paramilitaries patrol your streets and throw innocent people in torture campsm
- 8note 7mo agodo you still believe in democracy? every election, americans make a big stink about how you belive in republicanism because democracy is evil, and that being a republic is somehow mutually exclusive with democracy