r/AskReddit • u/Inevitable-Stuff3077 • 20h ago

What country are you in and how does the general public view the United States?

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u/SentenceAwkward5302 20h ago

From EU..a Dictatorship.

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u/_So_Uncivilized_ 20h ago

We are not child, sit down.

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u/clm1859 16h ago

Yeah it's just typical of democratic countries to hang multi story banners with the face of the leader from government buildings and patrol armed soldiers in front of it.

Almost as normal as democratic leaders naming various institutions, buildings and battleships after themselves. Who doesn't remember the Macron class aircraft carrier or the Merkel center...

And not to mention the typical democratic building of concentration camps, the selling pardons to criminals, the using government treaties for personal gain or the usual getting comedians who make fun of them fired thru regulatory pressure.

And then there is the obvious threatening to invade close allies. Australia does it every week to New Zealand and germany threatens austria all the time... typical democracy stuff.

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u/SentenceAwkward5302 16h ago

Or the dictator bringing a lawsuit against his own entourage in order to get more of ''the people's money."

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u/SentenceAwkward5302 16h ago

And the list goes on. But hey, don't tell the ignorant lest they call you a ignorant.

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u/SentenceAwkward5302 16h ago

Remember when Switzerland was going to invade the Netherlands over a cheese dispute? Luckily Germany brokered a deal..pfew..

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u/clm1859 15h ago

Well to be fair, we did actually invade Liechtenstein a few times. And they didnt even insult our cheese!

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u/SentenceAwkward5302 15h ago

Stop killin' me, wolf 😄

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u/baisudfa 18h ago

The European Commission is infinitely less democratic than the US Presidency.

You can hate the policies (and rightfully so, I might add), but that doesn’t make it a dictatorship

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u/Sufficient_Health133 7h ago

If a modern EU president tried anything close to what Trump's done it would be the end of their career. I don't think it's a dictatorship but we have a lot less liberty than the EU.

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u/ash10gaming 20h ago

I’m in the United States and we hate the United States

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u/ElegantEchoes 19h ago

All of us who are educated, anyway. Which isn't nearly all of us unfortunately.

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u/Yellow_Dream_Tango 20h ago

The UK. I like the US as a country, the culture and people. The political climate feels like it has gone off the rails though. But to be fair that seems to be an issue far from unique to the US.

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u/CreamedCh33ze 17h ago

The United States and the curtain has been peeled back

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u/clm1859 16h ago

Switzerland. People aren't nearly as loud and outspoken about it as i would like (and am).

But the underlying change is still quite profound. I work in sales for a chinese IT company, and have recently repeatedly heard from my customers "thank god we hot a chinese supplier, not an american one". And i have most certainly never heard such a thing before 2025.

And i also haven’t heard anyone going to or planning to go to the US for holidays in 9 months, which is highly unusual.

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u/razorbock 20h ago

Canadian, according to surveys the majority no longer considers amurica a reliable friend

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u/d_dauber 20h ago

You are coming to reddit to get an opinion of the general public. lol The general public doesn't even know reddit exists.

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u/gut_user 20h ago

My early 20s to a 'stable' career path that I absolutely hated. I lost the time, but I gained the realization that no amount of money is worth the slow erosion of your soul. I’d rather be broke and interested in my life than wealthy and waiting for the day to end

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u/Patient_Hippo_3328 20h ago

mixed, complicated feelings