@AmCan 177649 wrote:
But i’d suggest you ask the folks in the former soviet republics if they’d rather be next to russia or the US, they’d choose the US. I suspect the folks in Tibet would feel that way about China. The notion that somehow the US is different than any other large, powerful country is pretty lame. Ask the folks in Darfur, chad, congo what the presence of China has done for them, and it would be either nothing or they made it worse.
Ask the folks in Iraq what the presence of Americans has really done to them in the last 5 years. That’s not a valid arguement. Nobody is putting US and China on the same level. I’m not even suggesting that Russia is better than US. Instead I’m painting an alternative picture to what you are used to seeing. That doesn’t make me anti-american.
@AmCan 177649 wrote:
It’s interesting how much hatred there is of the US (for non-gaming stuff) by people here who presumably make more money from US players than elsewhere. Happy to take the money despite the “horrors” brought on by US society. Guess that’s the same as the US not embargoing South Africa during apartheid or for supporting dictators around the world. If there is money to be made the US and apparently many critics here are happy to make it.
Its not hatred, its a different opinion. There are things that I can and will criticise, but this hardly makes me an “america hater”. America stands for a lot of things. Some of them are great things like freedom and individual rights, others are corporatism (essentially fascism) and double standards.
The thing is that US exerts a lot of influence all over the world (particularly on a cultural level). This means that americans affect how everyone else lives their life on the planet. As a consequence, foreigners begin to display interest in things that happen in US because these events have global reprecussions. So I don’t see why you can call me a hypocrate without you being one 
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Look, KY officials are hypocrates. Americans are hypocrates by openly hating muslims and arabs yet fully relying on their oil. US govt is blaming foreign governments for torture yet at the same time doing it (and not even condemning it!? wtf) in prisons in Cuba and supporting latin american governments heavily involved in torture and executions (start at pinochet and follow through with most anti-socialist leaders backed by US in latin american countries).
My point is that my truth is not better than yours and vice versa. Its just different. Difference in opinion doesn’t make me a US hater just as i dont think you are a Russian hater. So stop polarizing things into black and white and learn to live with shades of grey.
@slotplayer 177679 wrote:
how is an excess of goods and less customers to buy them going to benefit any economy? More likely than not it will cause super high unempolyment.
what it means is that without large american demand, there will be more goods remaining for the rest of the world (read china and india) to consume. Currently, US is borrowing money from countries like China to sustain its own consumption levels. Once China stops lending, and the dollar falls, US will simply not be able to afford to consume as much since its heavily relying on imports. This fall in consumption in US will be offset by growing consumption in developing countries.
As for the fall of dollar, obviously there will be global repercussions, but its not going to lead to super high unemployment across the world.
cheers.
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