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I don't think you understand what Yanks means
In my part of the world, it means "Americans"
Agreed, but that is a huge generalization to a large population. I am part of it, but I certainly don’t feel I have much influence in shifting political power to something that isn’t crazy and leaning authoritarian.
Do you have that kind of influence in your country?
My country had compulsory voting, which has prevented the crazies on the fringes, or predatory groups who pour money into the campaigns of politicians that they can control from rising to power
Our highest court has made sure that what you described by the crazies is how our government is controlled.
Oh, I know
America has always been a backwards, corrupt and hateful shit hole
The myth about how America came to be is lapped up by yanks, because they're indoctrinated from birth, and if they eventually learn the reality, it's rare for them to be able to think their way past a lifetime of propaganda
As opposed to every other European colony, that are totally at-grips with the genocidal horrors they inflicted on the people they displaced?
There you go, assuming that I'm European
There are lots of countries, all over the world who despise 'Murica
I was assuming you're Australian actually since you mentioned compulsory voting.
A yank is part of the northern states.
Its historically used by brits to refer to Americans in general.
That's fine. It also groups in confederates, which are the opposite of yanks. But whatever.
To the rest of the world, it's just another stupid 'Murican
We get the "Yankee" thing
We don't care though
You're all "yanks"
We know you're not all stupid and worthless, but too many of you are, and we wouldn't care, but' Murica makes their stupidity the rest of the world's problem
You're not much brighter, buttercup.
No see it's ok to generalize 300 million people as a cultural monolith this time.
It's always ok as long as its against Americans
There it is, that's the xenophobia used by right-wing politicians and corporate interests to divide the working class!
I agree. Also foreign idiots on lemmy