Our approach to the US has been admiration, envy, resentment, and, simultaneously, an inferiority and superiority complex but now: Fear.
It’s no wonder, then, that the energy and national character of the U.S. are admired and envied throughout the world … other than in Europe, perhaps, or in China and Russia, certainly, or in the Central or South American countries in which the U.S. has engineered coups, which would be most of them, or in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Vietnam or Serbia, or in most Muslim countries, for the matter, or in Africa, given the U.S.
There is also the equally sobering reality that, in my experience, I would now have to say that the U.S. — how do I put this? — has completely lost its s–t. But there he was in January — you know, just musing, just asking questions, as he would have it — about resuscitating Manifest Destiny, of invading America’s staunchest ally and, although this was never said, and although it was understood since invasions tend to be messy affairs, of killing Canadians.
What mattered was that he said it. What mattered was that he pushed the envelope yet again to further normalize truly dangerous ideas. What mattered was that it pandered to America’s huge and growing class of ignoranti, whose numbers — fuelled by lies, racism, class divide, wing-nut conspiracy theories, a poisonous social media, and an education system under siege — have grown so large they put a grifter and psychopathic liar in the White House.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Pete Dye proved there’s more than one way to build a golf courseTPC Sawgrass is the type of golf course nobody would build today but it’s good theatre, requiring both brains and brawn.
Read more »
American Mikaela Shiffrin closes in on World Cup skiing historyMikaela Shiffrin is looking for a record-tying 86th win on the World Cup skiing circuit, a number that would equal Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s mark from the 1970s and 80s
Read more »
Anglo American sees ‘some positive trends' in diamond jewellery demand at the start of 2023A roundup of all the mining news in the precious metals sector with a variety of company news, mining sector analysis, newsletter writer insights and executive interviews.
Read more »
Gemini issues statement on JPMorgan cutting ties with crypto exchangeGemini claimed all is well between the crypto exchange and the banking giant The report comes in days after US federal regulators issued a warning to banks Gemini – a leading American-based crypto exchange – broke its silence on the ongoing reports of leading American banking institution – JPMorgan cutting ties with the crypto exchange. […]
Read more »
Mikaela Shiffrin closes in on World Cup skiing historyHistory beckons for Mikaela Shiffrin on Friday when the American skier competes in one of her best events.
Read more »