What do you think about the answers on the !asklemmy@lemmy.world thread "what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?"
What do you think about the answers on the !asklemmy@lemmy.world thread "what's something Americans aren't ready to hear?"
They’re all kind obvious and many of us in America agree.
"America bad. Europe not bad."
It's nothing we "aren't ready to hear" but things we've heard on repeat for years. We know.
Unpopular opinion: I'm tired of hearing the smug 'hurr ur cuntry sucks lol' shit, myself.
I mean, you see the article this week where poor children were getting scurvy and gettting seriously ill?
Yeah, that was France, not Kentucky.
You know, the same country Le Pen has a really legitimate chance of heading the next government of, too.
Shit's fucked everywhere, so maybe a little introspection might be worth considering on the part of some of the 'europe good, amerikkka bad' crowd?
You can even look at Italy now, with Meloni breaking on same-sex parents rights.
As a European, we are well aware Europe isn't perfect by any mean.
Top answers are pretty obvious stuff that most educated Americans already recognize. I also looked at controversial ones and most were nonsense or misinformed.
Brexit was a real thing that actually happened.
Germany just elected a far right wing government(Edit: I have not taken any time to properly learn about whatever's going on in Germany). The amount of "we are above all that and similar things will never happen to us" seems quite high in that thread. Disinformation campaigns will be coming for every nation on earth that could make a difference to the sender's agenda, in forms custom designed to work for the target. Fortunately though, those leopards would never ever even so much as think about eating my face off...Apart from being quite disinformed about Germany...
Brexit is about as much a success of Putins hybrid warfare as is Trumps re-election.
Germany just elected a far right wing government.
What do you mean by this? I thought the next election still had to be planned
Due to the sharp policy disagreement over the economic crisis, Scholz announced the dismissal of FDP leader Christian Lindner as Federal Minister of Finance on 6 November 2024, triggering the collapse of the coalition, and making a snap election likely to be held earlier in 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholz_cabinet#2024_crisis
As a result, an early 2025 federal election is to be held, with the parties having agreed on 23 February 2025 as the date.[3] The 23 February date for the election was confirmed by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on 27 December 2024.
I have not taken any time to properly learn about whatever’s going on in Germany lately (fwiw I did not presume that it was the entire government, just a portion of it). I edited my comment to reflect that.
Moreover perhaps I should say that it is unfair to pin all of my hopes for the future of democracy onto Germany? But thems the breaks.:-P