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It did, thanks.
But how could you possibly know that? Could you even name all the states and why they suck or is that just... A little, you know... Feeling? A feeling imparted by too much news and Reddit and YouTube?
From what news I read.
From outside the USA, what news I get is biased and more sensationalist than it should be for it be fair coverage.
For example, I get zero news about Vermont, Minnesota, I get lots of news about Texas, Florida, Alabama, etc.
My assumption is that the states I don't get any news about suck in exactly the same way my governments sucks... In ways that are unlikely to have serious global, or extra-judicial impact.
The USA is the single most important country in the world. No other country has as greater impact on the rest of the world (except maybe China, in select industrial or economic areas).
I care about what happens in the US, I care about its people, I care about how the US influences how other counties behave. I have no way to influence that though. I'm on the other side of the world.
I really appreciate your fairness and honesty. I agree with you on all points, including the sucking 🙂 Governments are how governments be, but the bias and prejudice, in both directions can be hurtful and breed resentment (which I definitely have).
Thanks for not being reactionary, even if I was a bit defensive. I've been getting attacked pretty relentlessly and I was being a dick to some commenters that were behaving really rudely. Sorry that I kinda came at you like that too.