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Yea, I love France, but I'm not giving up on the US. There are things I don't like about it, sure. There are things I think our government needs to change. I think the education and healthcare systems are in bad need of reform, I don't like that we went into Iraq. Yea, we have issues. But if we all give up on the US completely, how will it ever become better? How will it ever change? As far as China becoming the next world's superpower, I think a lot of that is self-fulfilling prophecy. By projecting that it will become the next superpower, we have started to invest more money and more businesses into their economy. Our schools have started to offer more Chinese language programs and place emphasis on that. This is just my opinion of course, but I think that by saying and thinking and believing that china will be the world's next great superpower, we are in essence making it so. I'm sad to hear that you hate the US so much, and that you can lump it all into one big group. There are so many people there who don't like the direction our government is heading anymore than you do. There are so many people there who speak out against it. And it makes me sad that you would want to watch all those people's lives come to ruin. I just hope you realize that American government and American foreign policy and economic policy are so very unrelated to the everday lives of it's average people. We are a democracy, but only by representation, we only get to decide the politicians, not what they decide. Besides, every country has its problems, those of the US are just more focused on because of how much our culture and our way of life is projected onto others. France has its problems, too. I have met so many people here who are dissatisfied with politics here. They dislike their president, they dislike the direction their country is taking, and there is a huge unemployment rate here. But they are not willing to give up on their country. They are not willing to desert it completely. Because it's their home. It's where they're from. And you can try to change the stereotype. I try to change the stereotype of Americans. But I can't change the fact that I am one, even if I did change my citizenship. America was where I was born, raised, and it's where most everyone I love is. And you have to keep in mind that there are so many good things there, so many good things about America, that are completely unrelated to politics and that the media never shows because it doesn't directly affect you or because it's not some grand disaster that sells papers. You also have to keep in mind that your country is much, much smaller than ours, and, perhaps I am wrong, but seemingly less diverse. But the combination of those two factors make it, in effect, easier to govern peacefully. And also, it is somewhat out of the limelight of the harsh critiques of the world, which America faces daily. So I guess all I would ask of you is to please separate American people from American politics, and maybe give it a chance and go visit before you judge us too harshly.
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Posted by bringle on 2008-02-10 07:07:26 | Rating: | Views: 340
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I think what's happening to America is also happening to other Countries like Australia.
Look it doesn't matter what size your country is, we all have problems with government.
Also it's not just Americans who are in Iraq, we aussies are there to you know. If it weren't for us you americans would be ratshit.
Yes you make have great attractions but that doesn't make a great country.
American people and american politic are all the same.
You people only think of yourself when it comes to defending your own country.
I'm not aiming this comment at you personally, it's just I have been to America and I've seen for myself that USA and Australia are two different countries but the same govenment policies.
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Posted by Angelbaba
on 2008-02-10 07:21:20
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