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Originally Posted by White Doors
I thought our economies were in an upswing? What;s wrong with our domestic issues? You think the West is a force for evil? You think it's unwise to manage your nation's self interest in the world? If so, then you must hate ALL nations as they all do it. The USA is just the most powerful one.
If you don't see the EU worked up, then you aren't looking closely enough.
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Well, the US is an interesting thing. Job rates are apparently up (which to many means the economy is great), but I think the figures are for entry level jobs, and how useful of a figure is that? You've got the automotive industry teetering on the brink of collapse - which would be a MASSIVE blow if it were to happen... it would probably spark a depression, the housing market is finally starting to turn - it's up to the Fed reserve to control the rate at which it cools, a tough job to say the least, global foreign policy of the states (read: military action) is causing quite a bit of instability in energy prices... to the point where a 200% increase in average cost per barrel of oil has been sustained, US manufacturing is biting the dust because of China, outsourcing of medium rate jobs continue, the number of degrees granted for people in the sciences is declining rapidly, the health care system sucks because no one can afford it - and it isn't even profitable anymore for the doctors who run it, Mexicans taking over the southwest, Congress has removed the cap on the national deficit they are willing to take on (10 trillion... should be surpassed by sometime around January next year if the war continues), saving rate for the average american is as low as it has been since the great depression, credit card debt continues to grow for nearly every american.
Yes, things are surley pointing up, aren't they?
As for domestic issues... education, health, infrastructure, gun violence, defense are all in shambles and continue to be despite all the hoo-rah talk of the current presidency.
Canada is going to be deeply effected by whatever happens to the US, so despite as well as some of our regions are doing, we still have things to worry about.
Mexico is.. well, Mexico. One a positive side they did discover a huge il reserve in the Gulf that they can claim as their own.
The west is not a force of evil, but the states have this perpetual notion that they need to be in control of everything at all times in order to be safe. Taking out dictators here, adding dictators there... not reigning in corporations despite henious activity that would not fly on US soil.. they've done it since post WWI and it doesn't look as though they are going to stop anytime soon.
I'm sorry but the way the mighty empire is going it only seems to be so long before it implodes, and it is going to have a huge impact on my life. So yeah, sue me if you think that it bothers me that the US feels like it can run amok when it is obvious that things could be a littler better if they focused on "home" a little more.
And yes, I do hate that ALL nations play these BS games.