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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Up until the last twenty years or so I thought they had more similarities than either side would like to admit.
But the lurch to the extreme right is more obvious with America.
Virtually all social media is American owned and the right-wing slant from YouTube channels by Americans on just about any subject is frightening.
Europe is going through huge political change.
The institutions formed by long-term Conservative controlled member states are in the process of change thanks in no small part by rejection of the Conservative right all the way across the continent.
Add to this an almost complete rejection of following U.S. foreign policy right the way across Europe as a whole and it seems new thinking is required everywhere.
But the lurch to the extreme right is more obvious with America.
Virtually all social media is American owned and the right-wing slant from YouTube channels by Americans on just about any subject is frightening.
Europe is going through huge political change.
The institutions formed by long-term Conservative controlled member states are in the process of change thanks in no small part by rejection of the Conservative right all the way across the continent.
Add to this an almost complete rejection of following U.S. foreign policy right the way across Europe as a whole and it seems new thinking is required everywhere.
sunriselover · M
@Picklebobble2 It is very difficult to assess what European thought is. We see Hungary pulling towards Russia, breaking up any unity. There seems to be no German direction. And is Turkey European? It’s a very large Nation. What we can say is that Europe does not have the same values as the USA, and sees it as irrelevant. There is no fundamentalist lobby group.
The UK is an enigma. Isolationist, and governed by corruption and greed , and lack of concern for its citizens. The government takes a pro American stance on Isreal, yet that does not reflect the view of Nation which is more neutral.
The UK is an enigma. Isolationist, and governed by corruption and greed , and lack of concern for its citizens. The government takes a pro American stance on Isreal, yet that does not reflect the view of Nation which is more neutral.
@Picklebobble2 funny, the only political videos I've ever watched on YouTube were those of a left wing slant (because that's the way I lean), for example, The Young Turks, The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
Right wing accounts have been terminated at times by YouTube as well:
[u]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_suspensions[/u]
Right wing accounts have been terminated at times by YouTube as well:
[u]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_suspensions[/u]
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@BlueGreenGrey I follow nobody on youtube. Yet my feed is full of them.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@sunriselover Hungary has a dictatorship. Orban is thought to be a Russian backed politician and it's alignment with Russia is a worrying stance.
Turkey is trying to balance the two sides of it's ethnic make-up being both Christian and Muslim. If you offend one side you get trouble fro both.
Turkey is trying to balance the two sides of it's ethnic make-up being both Christian and Muslim. If you offend one side you get trouble fro both.
sunriselover · M
@Picklebobble2 And this is all very different from America’s blinkered view of the world.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@sunriselover Oh America is just trying to look out for America.
Trouble is when you have a two party state both saying the same thing and having problems with personnel in both camps and both vying for economic support from the same top 10% there's no middle-ground.
If the poorest voters feel disenfranchised you run the risk of minority government that won't get to see a full term before public opinion demands change
Trouble is when you have a two party state both saying the same thing and having problems with personnel in both camps and both vying for economic support from the same top 10% there's no middle-ground.
If the poorest voters feel disenfranchised you run the risk of minority government that won't get to see a full term before public opinion demands change