I'll never understand why so many other countries talk about American politics. I can't tell you a single thing about any other country's politics.
np.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/85itg...Posted Mar 19, 2018, 4:43 PM UTC
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I don't just talk about american politics, I talk about most other countries politics as well, you just stop paying attention when I do.
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As a European, I'm really glad he can't. I'm dealing with enough idiots as is.
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I mean, I like it when they take an interest in our politics, but 90% of the time it mostly goes "you guys were right to do Brexit, well done", "oh, why do you say that?", "immigrants", "sigh".
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So this was interesting to read, because among my own corner of the U.S. the people who have actually heard of brexit are pretty much all depressed by the prospect.
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You probably live in the urban area (or should I say "commie librul zones"), because in my rural corner of the U.S., the people who have heard of Brexit cheer that the UK got its freedom back from the globalist EU tyrants or whatever
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Take courage. Don't forget that for all the propaganda Russia got caught sending to the US, they're sending a similar amount to European countries.
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Americans always seem so proud of their ignorance. Like they think it's some sort of great accomplishment!
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Science ain't got nuttin on common sense and muh bible. I can't tell ya a single thing about climate cuz global warming was invented by Al Gore.
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I can confirm this. I'm American and there are times back in high school I remember trying to downplay decent grades to try to be cool.
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Says more about him than us.
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The American "politics" that fill up his brain are some kind of crap about the president molesting a porn star, and people screaming at each other about guns.
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Internet was a hellhole during 2016 elections. Trump and Hillary EVERYWHERE. Even Americans were sick of it.
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Because the usa has terrorist and possible world ending foreign policy.
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I saw that, too. As if lack of knowledge is something to be proud of.
That is a very, VERY common theme in the US. Ever see how on American TV shows the smart kids are always the ones getting bullied and the dumb football players are popular? It works that way in real life, too. Anti-intellectualism is one of the core values of the US. I can't count the number of times I've seen people brag about being ignorant. It's the whole reason Bush and now Trump got elected. It's goddamn pathetic.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -Isaac Asimov
Great quote! I like Asimov even more now.
Well if the US was founded with knowledge at the forefront then they would have never split from the British. /s
People aren't bullied for being smart, dumb people aren't popular for being dumb. If anything it's the fact that the TV you're seeing is always about stereotypical dumb jocks and smart nerds who are socially ostracized for being losers. Saying American TV is an accurate depiction of American life is like saying Fox News is an accurate news source about what's happening in the world.
Also anti intellectualism isn't a real core value, you just have a lot of dumb people who make their voices heard on American dominated sites. I'm sure Britain, china, Russia, and gasp even the EU, have their fair share of dumb people. There's just less of them who are vocal about it on Reddit, Facebook, and twitter. And that's not even getting into a debate of at what point you're actually considered to be unintelligent.
Its not that dumb Americans are the loudest, its that there are more of them. We have dumb people all over the world and theyre all loud.
I like when people I have on Facebook try to discuss geopolitics and fail so badly because they don’t understand how any place could be different to ours.
Then it gets into hatred for Middle Eastern people, and I have to stop myself from inserting my own opinion there.