[–] alalzia 4 points 8 points 12 points (+12|-4) ago (edited ago)
You mean in politics? not so much because our elections are too between baknster's bitches , clowns , JC v2 and passée social democrats so we have listen to all this bullshit before .
Some of the other stuff are hilarious because Americans are a nation of toddlers and act like it with "mine mine mine" sjws , "i can't handle the pressure of hot air inside my huge ego" mass shooters , "consider what your ancestor who lived 500.000 years ago did" minorities , " this shitty translation of a book is the literal word of god " christians , " an amendment = an axiom" rednecks , "abstinence is sexual education" puritans , " my individualism !" super delegates and electoral colleges , "have a flag everywhere and say the fucking anthem 20 times a day" people who easily forget, "40 BMI is healthy" food junkies , "But think of the Romans!" all those who forget that Romans fought most of their wars against themselves, "Capitalism works !" lobbyists trying to enslave the markets an so many others i can sit here and type all day , so yeah you are fun to watch .
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[–] Citizen_Bongo 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
And this is why so many nations are crippled not only by politics but a collectivist culture.
[–] finediningindiners 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Your insight is ridiculous ...ly good
[–] 4419195? 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
In Australia we pay attention because the US is one of our biggest allies, but for the most part the US is the punchline is a joke. Sorry to say but your country doesn't have the best reputation. And yes, that's coming from someone who lives in an actual former penal colony but hey, at least we were founded by honest criminals and not religious fucking nutters.
[–] Olisonera 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
In Australia we do mostly because, as it was previously mentioned, the media likes to tell us all about it. They even broadcast your elections as they happen. Most of us don't actually understand how your political system works, though. I don't either, tbh. Our own is confusing enough.
What I don't get is why y'alls are even entertaining the thought of electing another businessman to be president... Have you already forgotten what George W Bush did to the world?
[–] CONGLOM-O 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
We Americans have the attention span of a 4 year old. Every problem is the result of the current administration as if the last one in office wasn't even in office. And the funny thing is the same things happen whether a Democrat or Republican is in office. It doesn't matter because both parties work for the same people and it isn't us commoners.
[–] Rusted_Cervix 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Both Bush's were businessmen long before they were presidents.
[–] escapefromredditbay 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
we would like to not have to pay attention but, your shit has a way of affecting our shit and were very fucking annoyed by this
[–] RayLomas 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I'm from EU, and I pay quite a lot of attention. The next election is actually important - I'm aware that Trump will probably be slightly better for American economy, but, if he tries to switch to a more isolationist international policy, it's a bad news for Europe (considering recent Putin's behaviour and increasing strength of China).
Also social trends that start to spread in the US, will sooner or later come to Europe. And that's worrisome too.
[–] Monsantos_Schlong 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Don't forget that Trump wants the US to be best buddies with Russia
[–] un_salamandre 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I feel I need to stop caring so much about americal politics, part because it's just a huge shitshow, part because I have no real impact. I should focus on my country. The only problem is that the internet flows through america, so I have to be at least somewhat concerned about the NSA, etc.
[–] Citizen_Bongo ago
In the UK we pay far more attention to U.S politics than to any over nation, people here are far more likely to talk about it. Had a conversation with my friends about it the other day, on two separate occasions.
America is the global super power, it's relevant to us because they are so involved with world events. Also U.S politics seems eccentric to U.S, the electoral college encourages flash candidates who grab headlines. In our parties the leaders are decided in far more internal elections, so more mundane people with establishment ties tend to get the role, and when they don't they are still pretty mundane individuals.
Since we only see media reports and those are so wildly inaccurate, if not half truths, people are generally quite misinformed. They have no real incentive or inclination to look further, they see all the Trump is like Hitler stuff. Looking into it I think he's probably more like Theodore Roosevelt, which still has it's problems sure...
[–] mcdowell_ag ago
If we're going to criticize the US for Trump, we really should warn them that we have this guy Corbyn, the party leader who was decided in something which I guess is pretty close to the US primary process.
[–] CapinBoredface 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
From what I've seen around the world most people globally don't personally give a fuck about American politics. Their media however, seems to have nothing better to talk about.
I saw this in France, Norway, Denmark, and Japan.
[–] Gigglestick [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Japan I can understand because of political ties and TPP. FR, NW, and DM couldn't tell ya.