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0 pointsAtlasLion6y ago0 comments

"Most people living outside the USA are very negative about the United States because this president is a very "bad guy""

That's a very simplistic view of people outside the USA. Unlike US news that do no mention US proxy wars, veto votes and the like, other countries are well aware of US foreign policy and the terror it brings with it, be it in south America, Africa, the middle east or elsewhere.

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lowdose6y ago

Off course my opinion is based on a very selective draw during traveling to many countries. However the conversation has been trending more and more negative on the United States topic and it's form of "democracy".

Noam Chomsky has written elaborate on corporatism and i think this POTUS function as an amplifier.

I argue people are not bad informed but do generalize bad malpractice elements of the USA to all Americans. The election of this president and everything that followed is seen as evidence by many people the USA is crazy.

And my understanding of the people living in the USA is they are still viewing bad malpractice as unintended consequence of the capitalism experiment initiated by the other politic parties behavior on either side of the coin.

In contrast Putin is not Russia and Xi is not China.

jessaustin6y ago

The current president was not president in 1953. He didn't create our horrible policies, and they certainly won't be changed when he leaves office. Many Americans are just as confused about this as some non-Americans may be.

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