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Americans: please look away.
Rest of the word: We owe it to our American friends, when they say they are & #39;the best country in the world& #39; to *immediately* scoff and react as thought they& #39;ve said Kermit the Frog is an *actual* real life frog.
Rest of the word: We owe it to our American friends, when they say they are & #39;the best country in the world& #39; to *immediately* scoff and react as thought they& #39;ve said Kermit the Frog is an *actual* real life frog.
And when they refer to the American president as the & #39;Leader of the Free World& #39; we need to react as though they& #39;ve just told us Earth is flat, and the moon is made of cheese.
For those of us in the vicinity of half a century old, the America that exists now is NOT the America we grew up with. And yes, I know we know that, but they, by-and-large, do not. Us laughing and scoffing will probably make little difference, I understand that.
But we, as fellow humans, & citizens of earth, have an obligation to make them aware of how far their country has fallen. Yes, we have all known for a long time how insular, and self-centred many US citizens are, and yes, it& #39;s going to be almost impossible to get through to them,
But a country that was once great, is falling apart before our eyes. A country that did have real world influence and leadership is now a laughing stock. But worse, it& #39;s dangerous. Dangerous to itself, and dangerous to others.
We probably can& #39;t do much, but we need to try. We need to try to get through to those Americans who don& #39;t agree with us, but might. The ones who agree with us, and there are many, aren& #39;t the ones we need to convince.
The Americans who love Trump and everything he does are the ones we can& #39;t convince. But I can& #39;t help but think there are many in the middle. Those who like Trump, but not unquestionably. Those who aren& #39;t blind to how much the rest of the world sees their country as broken.
I do believe Trump has broken the influence of the USA forever. It will never again be the world leader and world influencer it was. But a healthy USA is better for the world. A USA not self-destructing is a USA we need over the one we have.
So when you can, let them know, they are a joke. They are falling apart before our eyes. Their influence and leadership is gone. But maybe, just maybe, the right people will hear us, and they may change for the better.
