Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:48 am
You're right, it bombs for oil and to progress its own agenda.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Genivaria wrote:Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Instead of stealing oil from the Middle East, America should join with Canada and Mexico and work for humanity. We shouldn't be divided, we should be united with all people
The US doesn't steal oil from the Middle East.
Also unification good but that flag is atrocious.
Monsone wrote:Empirical Switzerland wrote:How are Californians not getting enough representation?
California (a state of 40 million) has as much representation in the senate as Wyoming (a state with less than a million people). The whole issues is big populous states typically contribute much more to the nation economically, and get a whole lot less in return. And while California isn't the only example, it is only the most prominent. New York feels the same way, and so does Texas to an extent.
The whole reason for this imbalance is the electoral college. It makes states with small populations (which tend to lean Republican) extraordinarily powerful as per capita they have more votes than large, powerful and frequently Democratic states like New York and California (Texas is the anomaly as it is the largest Republican state in terms of population, though that is changing). The whole system was devised to give smaller states a way to compete politically with larger states. The issues is, the electoral college allows people like Trump to be voted in because they won the electoral college votes, but lost the popular votes.
The point is that the USA is hardly a representative democracy in that it doesn't actually represent it's own people all that well. But this is kind of a tangent from the whole Balklanization point since most of the grievances raised could be solved by getting rid of the electoral college.
Salus Maior wrote:Ifreann wrote:Except, America doesn't care about the safety of the people of Eastern Europe. You can tell because a world war didn't erupt when Russia invaded Ukraine and conquered Crimea. If a neighbouring country did invade, do you think America would help? Would you expect American tanks to be rolling up your streets, driving off the invaders? They might do that, if it suits the economic and political interests of the government of the day. But equally they might not, because it might not suit their interests.
Ukraine wasn't in NATO, or really any sort of ally with the U.S when Russia yoinked Crimea.
If a NATO ally were invaded, and the U.S didn't uphold its obligation, literally no one would work with America in a diplomatic sense.
Union of Catgirls and Magical Girls wrote:Sanghyeok wrote:I personally really like the EU, and if the US can actually become a force for good (instead of bombing foreign countries), I think it would be beneficial for the world.
The US simply cannot become a force for good.
The EU is literally Germany and France's glorified neocolonialist project. It literally came from a consortium of steel and coal business owners.
Genivaria wrote:Zadorl wrote:
No, I don't think the US is either.
I'm just posted that based on NSG's opinion, and most seem to agree it's tyranny of some sort.
Well it's unrepresentative when the popular vote can just be ignored in favor of the Electoral College, and millions of voters aren't counted because of Gerrymandering.
'Tyranny' isn't the word I'd use though.
Ifreann wrote:Salus Maior wrote:
Ukraine wasn't in NATO, or really any sort of ally with the U.S when Russia yoinked Crimea.
If a NATO ally were invaded, and the U.S didn't uphold its obligation, literally no one would work with America in a diplomatic sense.
Because America is not protecting their friends, America is protecting its own interests. One such interest is its diplomatic standing. America might involve itself in a war because it felt that if it did not it would never be able to secure any kind of cooperation from other countries without invading and replacing the government. But maybe America would feel that they could pretend to be convinced by Russian lies about not being involved and it wouldn't be a big deal.
Empirical Switzerland wrote:You are acting like the House of Representative is non existent.
Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.Genivaria wrote:Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Instead of stealing oil from the Middle East, America should join with Canada and Mexico and work for humanity. We shouldn't be divided, we should be united with all people
The US doesn't steal oil from the Middle East.
Also unification good but that flag is atrocious.
Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.
Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.Genivaria wrote:The US doesn't steal oil from the Middle East.
Also unification good but that flag is atrocious.
Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.Genivaria wrote:The US doesn't steal oil from the Middle East.
Also unification good but that flag is atrocious.
Empirical Switzerland wrote:Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.
How do American Companies 'earn' from terrorism in the Middle East?
Sanghyeok wrote:Union of Catgirls and Magical Girls wrote:
The US simply cannot become a force for good.
The EU is literally Germany and France's glorified neocolonialist project. It literally came from a consortium of steel and coal business owners.
I am perhaps an optimist, but I do think the US can have a major series of reforms to at least exploit other countries less.
And the EU may be have faults, but it gives us peace, and that's something. It also serves as a balancing point between different interests right now.
Monsone wrote:Empirical Switzerland wrote:You are acting like the House of Representative is non existent.
I am because no one I know (and this comes from living in the US) has any issue with the Senate. It could use tweaks and modifications to make it more balanced and perhaps less powerful, but it doesn’t need to be changed. Nor does Congress as a whole really need changes since the House of Representatives is pretty indicative of the nation (being majority Democrat). The most contentious issue is the electoral college. Pretty much everyone I know has at least on grievance with it.
Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum wrote:Stop seeing the American Dream. You should not ignore the money that American companies earn from terrorism in the Middle East. America should be a single state with its neighbors.
The era of the French Revolution is coming to an end, isn't the European Union the greatest proof ?
Ifreann wrote:Salus Maior wrote:
Ukraine wasn't in NATO, or really any sort of ally with the U.S when Russia yoinked Crimea.
If a NATO ally were invaded, and the U.S didn't uphold its obligation, literally no one would work with America in a diplomatic sense.
Because America is not protecting their friends, America is protecting its own interests. One such interest is its diplomatic standing. America might involve itself in a war because it felt that if it did not it would never be able to secure any kind of cooperation from other countries without invading and replacing the government. But maybe America would feel that they could pretend to be convinced by Russian lies about not being involved and it wouldn't be a big deal.