Stupid people are everywhere, news, media and social media only amplify and reinforce it on a global scale. Technology has made us collectively dumber as a society.

It's not all of us, but it sure way too many of us.

Exhausting is right. Even when it's benevolent and doesn't turn into a dangerous collapsing hegemon, the USA imposes itself on everything everywhere all the time in a non-subtle way, to put it mildly.

I really liked this vid, I thought she did a great job. The end was spot on, we not of the U.S. are frustrated and fed up with Americans.

When any American responds to me in a comment reading "Why do you care about US politics so much, go worry about your own Canadian problems", this pretty much gets to why, and this video does well to go through the entire history from the days of European settlement to modern times.

I'd love to be able to not worry about US politics, but US politics gets pushed on the world both in publicity and in actual ramifications. In other words if Americsns could mind their own business for a bit then I wouldn't need to constantly chime into American politics. The US media apparatus has gotten so bad at coverage and complacent, that I am seeing cbc.ca and CTV news frequently cited here on US politics communities over American outlets, as our outlets are providing the most comprehensive coverage on their own goddamn news.

She makes some good points, but also reactionary ones. By the sixth chapter, she's straight reactionary.

How interesting this hasn't gotten any traction! Guess that's more proof she was correct.

Some provocative statements, but it is easy to recognize the truth of them. I always wondered why US American colleagues would almost blindly follow the orders from their superiors; US managers are like little gods that tell their sheep what to do; they don’t accept critical thinking during work, and their subordinates execute, execute, execute… until exhaustion.

Its true. It takes a persistent act of god to overcome our general disposition. Its why we are so isolated and alone. Pity should be dispensed when dealing with us. I wish it were different, as I long for a sense of community.

It takes an Elliot smith sense of strength to have any s3ns3 of identity. I say that because that is the one thing I'm keen on lately.