> China is now seen as a more positive influence than the US. It’s the first time this has been the case during the ten years we have tracked this question. Across the 29 countries covered, an average of 49% say China will have positive effect on world affairs, up 10 points on six months ago.
That's the real change.
The drop of America is consistent with it's president behaviour towards its allies, but it's still surprising that it's so intense that now China seems better for the world than it was a few months ago, even though nothing really changed.
I have seen estimates that dissolving USAID has caused 10,000 excess deaths, so far.
They threatened three countries with military invasion.
They placed real punitive tariffs on most of the world besides Russia.
They began abducting legal foreign residents and sending some to a foreign prison camp, and not complying with legal orders to return them.
They are responsible for a surge of detained foreign visitors at the border in prison like conditions, sometimes with limited access to their embassies.
They disavowed NATO, saying Europe would have to be responsible for its own security.
I could go on, but China is in fact a more reliable and a more responsible world actor than the US now.
China is not openly and repeatedly threatening to invade its allies militarily. And I say "allies", but at this point it's rather "partners". And those ex-allies wish they did not depend so much on the US.
It is reasonable view point considering history that you don't necessarily have allies. Well Europe had them. But most of the world being screwed over time after time have extremely good reasons to not trust west.
China being all about business is very reasonable, both sides will try to do best for themselves. Which is power dynamic that you can trust to continue.
Not nearly high enough. And the rest of the world is watching a good chunk of that disapproving half sit on their thumbs while he tears the country apart.
Oh knock it off. As an American this mentality is so dumb. It's not a gotcha. It just shows how many Americans either voted for him or didn't vote at all, which is a vote for trump.
So really, the vast majority of Americans, in practicality, voted for trump.
You can't maintain that if the primary "consumers" of those exports are not actual allies.
Yes, all the more reason why attacking our allies is pure insanity.
A lot of the countries we just attacked in the "trade war" are the same ones who buy our Treasury bonds.
"Tariff Man" failed to make this obvious connection until after it was demonstrated to him. T-Bill yields jumped half a percent in a week after he made a complete fool of himself with "Liberation Day" in the WH rose garden. With one act of utter stupidity, "Tariff Man" cost the country more than DOGE has saved.
>Only six months ago 52% of Canadians saw the US as a positive influencer; now only 19% feel the same. This 33-point fall is the largest recorded for any country.
Not shocking, we’re all bundled into a clown car, you get that lurching “here we go” feeling.
Surprised it could get any lower. We elect clowns to office and exalt psychopaths to leadership in industry. What happened to community and civic duty?
> “[Ford said] ".. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
> "Odd," said Arthur. "I thought you said it was a democracy."
> "I did," said Ford. "It is."
> "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
> "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
> "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
> "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
> "But," said Arthur, going in for the big one again, "why?"
> "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in.”
Hence why we need to work for direct democracy. Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to get there because it is not in the interest of your representatives, or so they believe.
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That's the real change.
The drop of America is consistent with it's president behaviour towards its allies, but it's still surprising that it's so intense that now China seems better for the world than it was a few months ago, even though nothing really changed.
I have seen estimates that dissolving USAID has caused 10,000 excess deaths, so far.
They threatened three countries with military invasion.
They placed real punitive tariffs on most of the world besides Russia.
They began abducting legal foreign residents and sending some to a foreign prison camp, and not complying with legal orders to return them.
They are responsible for a surge of detained foreign visitors at the border in prison like conditions, sometimes with limited access to their embassies.
They disavowed NATO, saying Europe would have to be responsible for its own security.
I could go on, but China is in fact a more reliable and a more responsible world actor than the US now.
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Rocking the world's financial markets and disappearing people is nothing? I honestly don't know how to process such an opinion...
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China being all about business is very reasonable, both sides will try to do best for themselves. Which is power dynamic that you can trust to continue.
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America has 2 major exports --- stability and debt. And these are interconnected. When stability declines, financing debt becomes more expensive.
The current administration is struggling to figure this out.
Because blanket generalizations suck, I'll point out that 48.34% of voters did recognize a con artist.
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So really, the vast majority of Americans, in practicality, voted for trump.
You can't maintain that if the primary "consumers" of those exports are not actual allies.
Yes, all the more reason why attacking our allies is pure insanity.
A lot of the countries we just attacked in the "trade war" are the same ones who buy our Treasury bonds.
"Tariff Man" failed to make this obvious connection until after it was demonstrated to him. T-Bill yields jumped half a percent in a week after he made a complete fool of himself with "Liberation Day" in the WH rose garden. With one act of utter stupidity, "Tariff Man" cost the country more than DOGE has saved.
Not shocking, we’re all bundled into a clown car, you get that lurching “here we go” feeling.
Honestly this next four years is going to be great everywhere else now that we're becoming desensitized to the news again.
I've never seen such a unifying figure in my life -- and the opportunity for Canada in the next decade is huge.
Decoupling is a surgical procedure we've been putting off for too long.
I liked that turkish saying that goes like "When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus."
> "Odd," said Arthur. "I thought you said it was a democracy."
> "I did," said Ford. "It is."
> "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
> "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
> "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
> "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
> "But," said Arthur, going in for the big one again, "why?"
> "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in.”
Negative partisanship is a hell of a drug.
Hence why we need to work for direct democracy. Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to get there because it is not in the interest of your representatives, or so they believe.
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