Worldview of US? January 13, 2021

[Tbear]

Donald Trump, Soon to be ex-presidente of USA Impeached for the 2nd Time
Covid Deaths 4,400 One Day Record for USA
Over 20,000 Troops Deployed to Defend US Capitol From Attacks

[DFW]

1. I was in both Germany and Belgium today

Basically, "so where are you guys headed, anyway?"

I said, "hell if I know, but I don't see how it can get anything but better."

[Karadeniz]

2. Hope so...

[DFW]

3. Most people I know think the same way about Amertica as they do about Switzerland

"If there was no such thing, someone would have invented it."

They want America back, but Clinton's America. Obama's America. Flawed, far from perfect, but with someone they can identify with as head of government.

[Karadeniz]

4. Well then, I think they're about to get their wish!

[DFW]

6. They would love to see us back.

Not just for our music or lack of subservience to titles or formality.

I have lived in the EU for many years, and speak nine European languages. What they like about us is out tendency to confront a problem, devise a solution, and figure out why it might work. Here, they tackle a problem trying to find ten reasons why a solution WON'T work. A friend of mine, who was West German Radio News station chief in Moscow for 5 years, always laments about HIS OWN "built in European pessimism," which he just can't seem to shake. He envies my lack of it.

[Tbear]

5. I said, "hell if I know, but I don't see how it can get anything but better."

I am more hopeful each day, and today even more so.

But, I am on the DU so I have the inside story.

I was imagining how the world news would be recording this day.

[DFW]

7. It is rarely uniform

Most countries (including ours) see news about other places through their own lenses. Only ones who have lived abroad or traveled extensively get the fact that there is no "world view," just a lot of local views that are sometimes similar, sometimes not.