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6 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

That is one of the negatives of being raised in a country where one is taught to be expressive of your thoughts and opinons.  It was mild before social media but it is now out of control.   In short Americans are not so compliant and many times defiant. It's just the way we have been shaped. 

 

The ability to express yourself without government interference is a feature. 

4 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Left or right, he was an extreme nationalist. Didn't finish up too well for him and his girlfriend...

Mussolini was left wing until he was 50 or so, then he went hard right. This is well documented.

 

 

22 hours ago, maesariang said:

Most media is left wing. 

 

This comment opens your  brain.

 

People with a brain bigger than a nut, are able to judge about the content of meadia-aricles by themselves. It doesn't matter, if left or right wing  medias! It needs only a little bit of thinking, healthy  and logical thinking, not in fluenced by advertising! And that seems to be a problem for many US-people.

 

 

On 8/23/2024 at 2:30 PM, novacova said:

The US is a divided nation, driven a lot by dodgy politicians and fake news left wing media outlets. The latter proven by the fact many on the left still fall for the big lie, started by the divider in chief, Obama.

Is this a Color thing 

6 hours ago, Purdey said:

Partially, the problem lies with the poor education system and lack of factual information in the public domain.

I had dinner with an old American woman a few years ago. She told me she really hated Obamacare as it was created by that horrible black guy.

However, she really liked the Affordable Care Act.

I call BS on this. 

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

While Americans on this thread are belting each other around the head with their beliefs on who is better at running the USA, they might want to consider this:

 

You are expats. Your vote in America is insignificant. Your power as a lobby group is not on the radar of either party.

 

Who do you think is more likely to start messing with your Social Security and Medicare? Who is most likely to improve it, and who is more likely to degrade it?

Insignificant lol I’m voting , we still participate we we want our SS and Medicare and we fight for it , Trump would take it as his private piggy bank 

16 minutes ago, puck2 said:

 

This comment opens your  brain.

 

People with a brain bigger than a nut, are able to judge about the content of meadia-aricles by themselves. It doesn't matter, if left or right wing  medias! It needs only a little bit of thinking, healthy  and logical thinking, not in fluenced by advertising! And that seems to be a problem for many US-people.

 

 

Most don't know. The talking heads and articles are slanted. 

20 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Mussolini was left wing until he was 50 or so, then he went hard right. This is well documented.

 

 

He became a capitalist and founded IBM? 

On 8/23/2024 at 12:11 AM, Roo Island said:

The US is a divided nation, driven a lot by dodgy politicians and fake news right wing media outlets. The latter proven by the fact many on the right still fall for the big lie, started by the divider in chief, Trump.

 

One reason I won't move back. Sucks.

Says the spokes person from the Party that has been calling half the Nation racists for the last 10 years. You’re literally being decisive here calling the other side divisive. You’re the CNN reporter calling the protest mostly peaceful while the town is burning down in the background! 

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Mussolini was left wing until he was 50 or so, then he went hard right. This is well documented.

Oh... NOW I know why Kennedy jumped the fence to the Trumpland.....

1 hour ago, TedG said:

I call BS on this. 

It's actually common in polling for people to complain about Obamacare, but support the Affordable Care Act.

19 hours ago, TedG said:

 

Here's Why Americans Have Always Been Divided

 

“America has always been divided. I think the myth of a unified country is a myth… American beliefs have been contested ground from the start,” Gitlin says. “I mean, pick a moment in history when we have always not been deeply divided.”

 

https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_all-about-america_heres-why-americans-have-always-been-divided/6192138.html

IMO Americans are divided because they are paranoid. About socialism, about being invaded, about their minority groups.

 

We have had socialism on and off in Australia since Federation. Thanks to it, we have a medical system that doesn't bankrupt its citizens with health insurance or the cost of medicines.

 

I can remember being in a car with a representative of a steel company near Chicago. He mentioned he had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. He was quite serious.

 

There are two oceans protecting America from invasion west and east, and a frozen north. A narrow isthmus to the south. The US is least likely of all countries to be invaded.

 

The paranoia about minority groups is based on fear they will one day become a majority. A succession of demagogues have thrived on that paranoia.

 

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO Americans are divided because they are paranoid. About socialism, about being invaded, about their minority groups.

 

We have had socialism on and off in Australia since Federation. Thanks to it, we have a medical system that doesn't bankrupt its citizens with health insurance or the cost of medicines.

 

I can remember being in a car with a representative of a steel company near Chicago. He mentioned he had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. He was quite serious.

 

There are two oceans protecting America from invasion west and east, and a frozen north. A narrow isthmus to the south. The US is least likely of all countries to be invaded.

 

The paranoia about minority groups is based on fear they will one day become a majority. A succession of demagogues have thrived on that paranoia.

 

 

 

 

You live in Thailand. 

31 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

Oh... NOW I know why Kennedy jumped the fence to the Trumpland.....

Trump is in the centre on most issues. Democrats are crazy.

2 hours ago, Irish star said:

Insignificant lol I’m voting , we still participate we we want our SS and Medicare and we fight for it , Trump would take it as his private piggy bank 

Your post is total BS and is not based on reality. 

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO Americans are divided because they are paranoid. About socialism, about being invaded, about their minority groups.

 

We have had socialism on and off in Australia since Federation. Thanks to it, we have a medical system that doesn't bankrupt its citizens with health insurance or the cost of medicines.

 

I can remember being in a car with a representative of a steel company near Chicago. He mentioned he had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. He was quite serious.

 

There are two oceans protecting America from invasion west and east, and a frozen north. A narrow isthmus to the south. The US is least likely of all countries to be invaded.

 

The paranoia about minority groups is based on fear they will one day become a majority. A succession of demagogues have thrived on that paranoia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Socialism sucks and always fails.

 

20 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO Americans are divided because they are paranoid. About socialism, about being invaded, about their minority groups.

 

We have had socialism on and off in Australia since Federation. Thanks to it, we have a medical system that doesn't bankrupt its citizens with health insurance or the cost of medicines.

 

I can remember being in a car with a representative of a steel company near Chicago. He mentioned he had 19 firearms in his household. When I asked him why, he said it was in case the Commies invaded. He was quite serious.

 

There are two oceans protecting America from invasion west and east, and a frozen north. A narrow isthmus to the south. The US is least likely of all countries to be invaded.

 

The paranoia about minority groups is based on fear they will one day become a majority. A succession of demagogues have thrived on that paranoia.

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever been to the USA? 

On 8/23/2024 at 2:48 PM, Jingthing said:

The maga fascist movement

Let's Make America Great Again!

 

bob.

26 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

It's actually common in polling for people to complain about Obamacare, but support the Affordable Care Act.

Google can't find that. 

5 minutes ago, bob smith said:

Let's Make America Great Again!

 

bob.

Make Thailand Great Again

On 8/23/2024 at 3:33 PM, retarius said:

Half of the country believes in MAGA. Trump is too old at the next election, but Musk is a young man with money to burn. Don't count Musk out carrying the MAGA flame in 2028. 

Musk my carry the MAGA flame, but he won't be the Republican nominee. The U.S. Constitution says that only a native-born American can serve as president. Elon Musk was born in South Africa. Therefore, he can't be a candidate for president of the United States.

7 minutes ago, acepredator said:

Musk my carry the MAGA flame, but he won't be the Republican nominee. The U.S. Constitution says that only a native-born American can serve as president. Elon Musk was born in South Africa. Therefore, he can't be a candidate for president of the United States.

 

 

Praise the Lord

3 hours ago, maesariang said:

Stops cheating. Crazy people can vote without proper ID!

Seems like disenfranchisement. Cheating was never a big problem before.

2 hours ago, TedG said:

I call BS on this. 

You weren't there.

8 minutes ago, Purdey said:

You weren't there.

 

I bet you tell tall tales all day long.

Born in the USA, worked in Asia 30+ years, every time I headed back to the US I just shook my head and wondered WTF is wrong with these people and came back to Asia.......I can't stand most Americans...I'm in Texas now.......for how long I'm not sure..time will tell.

 

I blame regime controlled media for the divide and conquer tactics but it's up to Americans to back down and respect their neighbors in other states which I don't seem them doing. Unless the federal government is reduced down 90% and power given back to the states the fighting will continue.

 

Back in Boulder Colorado for one more week. Look what the kids did to my parents sign. 😂

 

1 hour ago, TedG said:

 

Have you ever been to the USA? 

Can you read? My post said I was in a car near Chicago.

 

I have been to the USA more times than I can count. Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Connecticut, Denver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit. Nearly forgot San Antonio.

 

I might have been more places in America than you have.

33 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Seems like disenfranchisement. Cheating was never a big problem before.

You would not know. Bribes get paid now.