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Originally posted by Moses
Why is the world so obsessed with American politics?
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'cause America is so obsessed with everyone else's politics.
I turned on the radio a coupla weeks ago (local university FM station) and there was a child's voice simply listing country names and years. I think there was some kinda rythmic music behind the listing.
I was about to switch to one of my alternate stations, but became intrigued by what the chanting of country names and dates was all about. The listing went on and on for about ten minutes.
You know what it turned out to be? A list of countries that America had declared war against and/or had invaded since independence. The argument behind the "speech" was that America was the most warlike/war making society in the known history of the planet.
Enough to make anyone anal about American politics I suppose. But no worries, the game and world attention will increasingly swing to asian home court in the next few decades.