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Re:A Worsening Culture War by krebs_liebhaber on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:45AM (#25209722)
America is colonizing the rest of the developed world. There are probably at least a billion people worldwide (mostly in Europe, but also among Third-World elites) who act American and are invested in America's issues despite never having set foot in the country. The internet has exacerbated this greatly. Just look at the BLM protests in Poland and Japan... or the Amerikaner "digital nomads" who are able to live in foreign countries thanks to the Anglo Internet's worldwide penetration.

https://paulskallas.substack.com/p/basic-concepts-1kyae

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Re:A Worsening Culture War by burntoutfire on Thursday November 26, 2020 @02:21PM (#25222835)
> Just look at the BLM protests in Poland and Japan...

What BLM protests in Poland? I live there and it's first time I'm hearing of them.

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Re:A Worsening Culture War by maneesh on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:19AM (#25210091)
I don't understand the reference to digital nomads. How is it related? There are nomads from everywhere as well.
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Re:A Worsening Culture War by tartoran on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:58AM (#25209881)
Somewhat true. I have friends and relatives in Eastern Europe heavily rooting for the Biden or Trump (usually the less educated or even uneducated) and yet they have no real stake in it but it’s as if they’re voting themselves. And I think they realized that America sets the tone so whoever gets the power will influence them too eventually.
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Re:A Worsening Culture War by MagnumOpus on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @11:29AM (#25210948)
> yet they have no real stake in it

Diplomatic relations with the US matter a lot for the economy and trade - as you've seen in many countries over the last four years.

If you support an authoritarian/populist/homophobic ruler at home (in Poland or Hungary or Brazil or wherever), you also support Trump because he will support your country where a Biden administration will be far less likely to boost Hungary if it costs relationship points with Germany or France...

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