Zunic wrote:
Hmm, let's see...
I wasn't aware the U.S. was campaigning against Europe, but then again..
It's been a while since I've walked the streets of America and seen some hostile rally burning Dutch flags and an angry mob of citizens beating the shit out of a stuffed doll representing your prime minister (or any other government official), but I'm sure it's happened recently. It's hard for me to recall the last time I sought out a foreigner visiting from the Netherlands with the direct intentions to harassing or assaulting that person based on their national alignment. I'm positive my friends and family have engaged in this type of behavior to fill my slack, however. I admit, it has been a few days since I've read a news artical with unmeasurable amounts of anti-Dutch sentiment contained within it. And it was certainly provoked by my goverment, no doubt.
We, the Untied States, are the epitome of civil intolerance. I hang my head in shame.
*And if I could, I'd sue you for plagiarism
Well said, Zunic. Europeans are hostile towards America since our media misinforms the masses, since they have nothing else constructive to talk about, since we are all out of good ideas for our own. Our media likes to blame the world's ills on America and then speaks about the past glory of our former empires (which were shameful to say the least).
150 years ago, nobody here thought anything much of America and we reveled in our success, with colonies all over the world to support our grandeur. Now that we have diminished on the world scene and the tables are reversed, we cry out, demanding that our power come back to us, with no effort or work involved. People here are insanely jealous and envious about how much power, money and influence America has (in all circles), but rush out to consume and watch their products, at endless rates.
Much of Europe is getting worse and worse, with no economic relief in sight, so that brings out more frusteration, since the same media blames it all on America (who just so happens to be the economic engine of the world). It's too funny to see Europe thinking it can create this global powerhouse, when we can't even lift a finger, unless America's economy gets ramped up first. We can't blame ourselves for our own mistakes and misguided policies. We can't accept our fate within our failed immigration policies, so that must be America's fault. We know the EU has the most influence/control over our lives, but lash out at America, since it feels better when we don't criticise our own leaders. We know that our former glory will never be captured again, so that's America's fault, even when much of our past glory was captured through brutal colonial aspirations/imperialism and the barrel of a gun. I can see why others would hate free markets, when it is much easier to follow blind policies of protectionism and subsidies, especially when we can hardly compete with the rest of the world. We are falling hard, even when it comes to that. Now we have to deal with a rising China and a high Euro, but that is all America's fault.
We only look to the past, but never to the future. We are too stubborn to accept "American ideas," because they are just that, even when it was that same policies that brought countries like Ireland (and other countries around the world), to the successes they are today. We are lied to about America's policies, because if we knew the truth, the same people that talk about them, would be out of power, forever. We might have to accept them anyway, sooner than we think.
We think we are the most civilised region of the world, but have brought the most war and death than the rest of the world, combined. Most of our media is state controlled and people just get one side of the picture and not much of anything else. There are hardly any people to defend America and her ideals, so the banter goes on, undefended. If you tend to think differently, people will accuse you of being an idiotic war monger and that's that. Most of the continent is so far-Left, they would be off the charts, when it comes to Leftists in America. The same goes for the far-Right in this continent. This is the sad state of the continent of which I live, and we are going to be eventually doomed because of it. People here know they can talk trash about America since they know America will never attack them, but are scared shitless of the Muslims, since they know they will attack them (or even worse yet, vote against the leaders that stand in their way). That's the only difference and what influences our policies the most.
I don't want to broadbrush every single person here in the same way, but I think you get the general idea of how it is here, especially in political circles. Praise Eurabia and the corrupted leaders that have led us down this path.
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