Lost in translation. Americans vs the rest of us

[Turkey]

Why are those americans always going on about communism/socialism?

Why don't the rest of us agree with their simplistic view?

Are americans all stupid or are we just living in a vastly different society than them?

Are we actually in an identicle society to their's, just 20 years behind in the soviet conspiracy? Is america our future?

[Odoacer]

America is your past, present, AND future.

But to be fair, the number of times I heard non-Americans refer to G.W. Bush as a far-right Nazi fascist during his tenure doesn't make me think your "reality" is much more real.

[Turkey]

America is your past, present, AND future.

But to be fair, the number of times I heard non-Americans refer to G.W. Bush as a far-right Nazi fascist during his tenure doesn't make me think your "reality" is much more real.

No racially aware preservationist would would call him a nazi

[zack]

No racially aware preservationist would would call him a nazi

How many people in the united states are racially aware and a european preservationist? Especially among the younger generaion? That should tell you why they call him a 'nazi'.

[Odoacer]

No racially aware preservationist would would call him a nazi

Okay, a mere shill for the Jewish world conspiracy, then.

[Turkey]

I meant this poll to be about presvationists, not your average slob. Unfortunatly I can't edit it

[Odoacer]

I meant this poll to be about presvationists, not your average slob. Unfortunatly I can't edit it

Well, in that case, I'll quote from a post I made elsewhere which gives some idea for the different realities in view:

"Right" & "Left" in America are essentially variations of liberalism (in a broad sense - freedom, democracy, human rights, etc.), which causes some difficulty in properly answering the question. The U.S. was basically founded on "right-liberal" principles, but "left-liberalism" has become more influential as the result of the influence of progressivism. Republicans are (generally) right-liberals while Democrats are (generally) left-liberals. In that context, the U.S. is basically centrist, moving leftward. In the broader context of Western/European history, the U.S. is undoubtedly left-leaning, yet not so much as most modern European liberal democracies which have been much more deeply influenced by socialism & communism.

[Magister Eckhart]

Ultimately it is multinational corporations from America that are the greatest threat to European culture. On the other hand, international communism remains a tremendous threat to all the West, but since America is the originator and not the victim of international capitalism, they tend not to see the mercantile thinking of capitalism as being as dangerous as the cultural Marxism spread by communists.

[Nameless Son]

That is mostly conservative Americans you seem to be talking about. But I don't blame you - probably most of us American on The Apricity are conservative.

[Joe McCarthy]

Anti-Americanism is the last great stupidity with mainstream support, but as it has mainstream support idiots are emboldened to engage in it.

Its vanguard though are the usual suspects - radical socialists, Nazis, and Third World troglodytes.