I didn’t nor did the vast majority of the country due to either voting blue or not living in a state where presidential votes even matter, but it’s perfectly reasonable for other nations to not trust that the United States’ broader system and political climate will be reliable in maintaining its policies and relationships.
But they also should have been more independent in the first place. We’ve been doing bad things for a while now while our Western allies just rode along because it was easier to demonstrate fealty than stand up for what was right.
The neoliberal system in the US has paved the road for something much more abhorrent, but the broader Western liberal world order is also in a rotten state. Germany, Canada, Australia, France, and the UK all have had (and generally still do have) serious risks of empowering their own fascists and few are reflecting on how to defend from and depower them. They just think that holding them off for an election means the problem is over and they can go back to the generic neoliberal policy that’s doing nothing for people and playing into right-wing talking points on debt and immigration.
Lots of Americans breathed a sigh of relief with Biden, went back to brunch, and then just accepted it as business as usual when the centrists immediately pivoted to obstruction to prevent any movement leftward. The return of The System and the status quo were our armor against Trumpism. Don’t make that same mistake.
But they also should have been more independent in the first place.
Sorta comes with actually following agreements. And the US ignoring it’s own past.
After ww2 the US forced European nations into following US fiscal leadership. In exchange for the fiscal support post war.
You ignored the war for 4 years building up your power while Hitler destroyed Europe. Then used that power to entrape Europe into your methods.
Add to that using your huge defence budget to overpower the spending of remaining world. And dependency on the US was not an option bot a act of force.
I didn’t nor did the vast majority of the country due to either voting blue or not living in a state where presidential votes even matter, but it’s perfectly reasonable for other nations to not trust that the United States’ broader system and political climate will be reliable in maintaining its policies and relationships.
But they also should have been more independent in the first place. We’ve been doing bad things for a while now while our Western allies just rode along because it was easier to demonstrate fealty than stand up for what was right.
The neoliberal system in the US has paved the road for something much more abhorrent, but the broader Western liberal world order is also in a rotten state. Germany, Canada, Australia, France, and the UK all have had (and generally still do have) serious risks of empowering their own fascists and few are reflecting on how to defend from and depower them. They just think that holding them off for an election means the problem is over and they can go back to the generic neoliberal policy that’s doing nothing for people and playing into right-wing talking points on debt and immigration.
Lots of Americans breathed a sigh of relief with Biden, went back to brunch, and then just accepted it as business as usual when the centrists immediately pivoted to obstruction to prevent any movement leftward. The return of The System and the status quo were our armor against Trumpism. Don’t make that same mistake.
Sorta comes with actually following agreements. And the US ignoring it’s own past.
After ww2 the US forced European nations into following US fiscal leadership. In exchange for the fiscal support post war.
You ignored the war for 4 years building up your power while Hitler destroyed Europe. Then used that power to entrape Europe into your methods.
Add to that using your huge defence budget to overpower the spending of remaining world. And dependency on the US was not an option bot a act of force.