Random thought on American Politics

There are two things at play here.

There is the American mentality that the world = the USA. This mentality permeates everything from your sports (how the hell can you call something a "World Series" when no other country in the world participates in that sporting competition, it's bloody insane........and ridiculously arrogant), to your business practices, to your foreign policy decisions. Consequently, we feel compelled to comment.

Then there is the idea that America is the shinning star on the hill for democracy and freedom. An idea that America has promoted since WW2 and many other countries have accepted as the truth. Over the last six years, we've seen time and again that it's nowhere near the truth. Consequently, we feel compelled to comment.

There is a third factor which is, perhaps, a tad more debatable. Since the rise of the USSR, the world has divided itself into super-powers. Not just in a military sense but also in a socio-political ideological sense. And many countries have aligned themselves accordingly. Those of us who, for decades, have aligned ourselves with the USA now see it destroying itself from within. A situation which will inevitably create a profound power vacuum. Who is going to fill that space? Consequently, we feel compelled to comment.