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[-] Ronno@feddit.nl 1 points 48 minutes ago

And it's working! It's so funny to see companies like McDonalds advertise with: "Your burger is produced in Europe" or the like. At least they seem to acknowledge that they are biting off one of the hands that feed them, good.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

The authors are conflating two issues. They mention the reduced tourism, but that is not about being anti-American. People are reasonably scared of getting locked up; why would anyone risk visiting the U.S. if they had another decent option (like, for example, any country that isn't at war right now)? ... And this is a totally different issue from boycotting American manufacturers. It's about personal safety.

At the same time, the anti-American sentiment goes hand-in-hand with tariffs. If the U.S. charges tariffs on the EU, for example, people who work sales in the EU will be hurt by the loss of customers. And then when the EU issues counter-tariffs, US goods become too expensive to buy... And this is all about basic economics, not about feelings.

And then, finally, there are feelings. Many people think that Trump (who is in the Epstein Files) is an evil POS. And most large American corporations supported his rise to power and are currently licking his boots. Supporting that evil man is itself an evil act, many people would say.

Anyway, these are three different overlapping issues, and Newsweek should have good enough writers to describe the situation with greater precision. But if you bring in the non-emotional arguments, that makes the U.S. companies look like big jerks, right, so of course the magazine couldn't be bothered with that kind of analysis. Better to describe the broader international community as moody or some shit like that. Meh.

[-] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

This country sucks. Hopefully it splits up soon.

[-] CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 hours ago

I hope all these fuckers running the companies get the day they voted for.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The absolute worst day.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 27 points 6 hours ago

Anti-american sentiment is largely justified. There's concentration camps and masked men kidnapping people off the street. People are proudly wearing the maga-hat symbols of trumpism.

[-] tgirlschierke 53 points 9 hours ago

i'm joining the war on rising anti-american sentiment on the side of rising anti-american sentiment

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Canada here. In our house we're still not buying anything American because their president threatened to invade and annex our country, and the government have yet to walk it back or even apologize. And even if the president of America did back off and say sorry, he's a rapist and a pedophile so he can still go fuck himself.

I don't think the powers-that-be in the US realize quite how much damage they've done to international relations lately. This isn't the sort of thing they can just say sorry for and expect to go back to normal once Trump is dead and everyone is pretending they didn't enable him for the last decade.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Please keep it up. It's the only kind of support we deserve right now.

[-] hovercat 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The issue is legitimately that they're all a bunch of massively racist fucks and were told for over a decade how the world saw us as a laughing stock (because we had a black man as president), despite being ridiculously popular on the world stage, and so they think just by having a rich white asshole suddenly we're respected again, even though he's truly the biggest laughing stock ever.

[-] mrslt@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago

As an American, good. We have too many chuckle-fucks here who live in their own bubbles, thinking America can do whatever the fuck it wants without consequence, like we're not all a part of the same global stage. We deserve every ounce of criticism we're getting.

[-] switcheroo@lemmy.world 36 points 11 hours ago

Gee I wonder where that could've stemmed from?

I'm american and am so fucking ashamed of this place right now. Hoping for aliens to come down --since they always land in the US-- and just start blasting...

[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 50 points 12 hours ago

I'm becoming anti-American, and I'm American. I totally understand why the rest of the world hates us. I don't blame them at all.

[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 hours ago

You and me and a legion of other American citizens.

[-] Pupscent@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 hours ago

This is proof that individuals do have power. Together we have a voice. Keep speaking.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 19 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

These stupid cunts didn't realize he was unpopular when they were doing photo ops during the campaign? Let them suffer.

[-] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

As an American I say fuck'em. I have hated on America since Reagan.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 18 points 12 hours ago

"made in USA" is a warning label

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 20 points 13 hours ago

Keep up the boycott. Make those scumbags pay.

[-] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 38 points 17 hours ago

Sucks to suck.

They spent billions of dollars and decades avoiding competition at all costs.

We can't have good cars or phones or anything really. All our appliances are designed to break so you have to buy another. Planned obsolescence. Enshitification.

Whenever I have a choice I avoid US products and I'm American. Because the products are either designed to fail or just worse. And for a higher price.

[-] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 12 points 17 hours ago

....how long until mcdonalds expand their business into the prison food racket??

[-] javiwhite@feddit.uk 12 points 16 hours ago

'Fighting in the canteen?! That's a week in the McHole for you!'

[-] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 17 hours ago

i'd starve and die of thirst before i touch mcdonalds or diet fucking coke...

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

that was always a bad idea.

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