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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The trick is selling it (both by the politicians and by the people to themselves) as preserving your vision/the existence of a nation and that's not a thing exclusive to the US,it's a bug inherent in the human operating system.
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Yeah, because the British have nothing like that at all... (Note, I'm only bringing this up because of the implicit superior tone, that's inherent in pretty much all of Bat 178's posts)
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edited 26th Oct '16 5:32:54 PM by LSBK
@Bat: That's, uh, putting it way too harshly and exaggerating it quite a bit.
The answer is simply due to human nature to distrust those that are dissimilar to us. You'll find similar amounts of racial bias in other First-World countries as well. The difference here is that (largely due to the large population of the US spread over a large mass of land) there is a strong culture that reinforces previously-held and thoroughly conservative and ancient beliefs; this culture is also primarily found in the south due to the fact that the nature of the South's economy relied on the slave trade during the settlement period up through the 1800s. This is also why it's much more pronounced than in other countries (beyond the fact that everyone has their eyes on us all the time), since we simply have central populations that share these beliefs and talk about them.
Furthermore, I have read several studies and documentaries that share the conclusion that this isn't just a US thing. Rather, the US simply talks about these issues out loud and isn't afraid to, while in other countries these subjects are hushed and more taboo to talk about. Brexit is a huge example of this.
edited 26th Oct '16 5:36:38 PM by EpicBleye
"There's not a girl alive who wouldn't be happy being called cute." ~Tamamo-no-MaeFrom my experience, this is correct.
Source: I live in Brazil. It shares a lot of commonalities with US racism in terms of how it affects minorities, but the biggest difference to me is that racism here is much more insidious and difficult to talk about for a variety of reasons.
If nothing else people in the US are trying to have a conversation about it. Hard to get anything to improve if you don't begin with that.
... I need to print out my absentee ballot and fill it out. Like, now. (NV, for the record.)
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswThe simple answer is: America was founded by racists, for racists. America and Racism go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. If you took away systemic racism, everything, and I do mean quite literally EVERYTHING in the USA would fall apart practically overnight.
Comparing it to European countries is extremely disingenuous because it ignores just how our prejudices built and shaped our entire history. Just about every issue in America today can be traced back at some point to racism being the root cause or at the very least an extremely significant factor.
New Survey coming this weekend!Here in Huehueshitstain, a particularly despicable piece of human being my the name of Bolsonario and his sons, are what is essentially dictatorship apologists, proposes things that Duterte in Philippines does in order to fight crime, frequently leaves out racist, sexist and homophobic comments and overall makes every single appeal to nationalistic bravado.
He has a lot of political support by the reactionaries, religious conservatives and everyone frustrated with criminality. Essentially he is a more eloquent version of Trump without the fake orange tan and inherited wealth.
There is also Marco Feliciano, which would be our Ted Cruz when it comes to religious conservatism, he is also quite popular among our very conservative protestant population spewing every noxious crap you can think about social rights, specially about women and homosexuals, under the guise of being a moral guardian defending the traditional families.
So yeah, everywhere else has the right with conservative hardliners to deal with.
Inter arma enim silent legesYeah, the entire colonial era would like to say hello. Our flavor of racism came to us from Europe, Asia has its own racisim issues targeted more at each other, ancient Israel came to be through a campaign of "kill anyone in this area who doesn't worship Yaweh" and ancient Egypt fought constantly with Nubia, a black people they named from their word 'nuba' meaning 'slave'.
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That's false equivalent bullshit. NO ONE is denying that Europe and other advanced nations have serious issues with race.
But to put it on the scale of America? Lmfao, Please name ONE developed nation that owes it's literal existence to prejudice.
I'll wait.
edited 26th Oct '16 6:11:39 PM by TacticalFox88
New Survey coming this weekend!"I'm trying to envision something more fitting than this election actually ending in a Biden-Trump fist fight and i cannot"
I've been giggling off and on in the ten minutes since reading that, imagining Joe Biden in a domino mask cornering an American flag-caped Trump at home, then the ensuing fight on the roof of a limo speeding through New York.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-i-would-love-to-fight-mr-tough-guy-joe-biden-140347997.html
edited 26th Oct '16 6:14:53 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."Pakistan and India aren't European settler nations (and Pakistan isn't a developed nation, India is only arguably one).
The other European settler nations, even the other members of the Anglosphere don't have racial issues that dominate the fabric of their politics like it does in the US. They still have racism present in their societies, and have dark periods in their histories. I never denied that. But one of their (major) political parties isn't dependent upon racial tensions for survival.
edited 26th Oct '16 6:20:34 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Define "developed". And also "nation" I guess? How far you are willing to go back? Pretty much every European country I know the story of is born of conquest. The Anglo-Saxons conquered the Welsh, the the Spanish/Portuguese (re)conquered the Moors and so on.
These are fair points, but Fox presented their case horribly.
edited 26th Oct '16 6:16:55 PM by Heatth
I get where Tactical is coming from with the righteous indignation, but I always have to wonder how anyone expects to be taken seriously when they make the claim that literally everything in the U.S. (or any country, for that matter) can be traced back to racism.
To a disturbing amount that's true, but hyperbole is still hyperbole.

Okay, can someone more well verse in US history break this down for me: What is it about racism in the USA that it's so powerful that there are tens of millions willing to potentially burn down the entire republic (and by proxy the entire Free World), just for the CHANCE to screw ethnic minorities over?
Even the far-right European parties aren't this insane as they want power and want to exercise their rule, but Trump supporters are practically a suicide pact.