Terold's recent activity
-
Comment on will we see a ~politics? in ~tildes
-
Comment on will we see a ~politics? in ~tildes
Terold Link ParentI'm curious why you think that the "rest of the world" is irrelevant, particularly in the modern, globalist era we find ourselves in. Trump is being criticized by Canada, EU for trade and tariff...I'm curious why you think that the "rest of the world" is irrelevant, particularly in the modern, globalist era we find ourselves in. Trump is being criticized by Canada, EU for trade and tariff disputes. Trump is currently attempting to broker peace negotiations with NK, bringing in SK and China for help. Chinese 'trade wars' and Russia 'meddling' and... So much of the current US political cycle is about negotiations with allies and enemies of foreign countries. Why not use ourselves as a measuring stick of other Nations and be able to criticize our weaknesses and flaunt our strengths? We can say "Saudi Arabia is more conservative than us, and we don't want more policies like X" or "Denmark is more liberal than us, and we want more policies like X". Or vice versa.
I think it's disingenuous and narrow-minded to simply say "I'm American and I don't care about Other Countries". Because we can't. We trade and have treaties and broker deals daily with the international community. We have to also frame our discussions of American politics in terms of the international community as well. Do we want America to be a Liberal society? Do we want America to be a conservative society? Which conservative policies do we admire from conservative countries? Which liberal policies do we admire from liberal countries?
The non-American perspectives are particularly relevant, and need to be considered. Our "PR" and how we're viewed and what our allies and enemies think of us is incredibly relevant to US politics.
They can, and they do! I'm not sure how much you follow global politics, but there were recent elections in France in which one of the party leaders running was being compared to Trump on ideological grounds. While they might not look at specific intra-US political efforts, they do take notice and compare on broad strokes. I think that's important. We're not getting into the specifics of political leanings of different areas in France, but comparing ourselves to the leadership and general ideologies shown by their national government.
I could definitely see where arguing about values for a specific city or region in US with an individual from Europe might have little merit- they simply wouldn't be able to have the nuance to argue effectively, and vice versa. But to say that Western Europe is irrelevant at at a national level- I think that is a mistake.