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[Niya]

I was going to say it was just cynicism, which I do feel is deadening, but then I thought a bit more about it. Niya is from some unnamed Caribbean nation. Historically, the US has treated those islands something like a pigeon treats a statue. His view might make quite a bit of sense from that perspective.

In the US, we see a certain amount of difference. From Europe, there's probably quite a different view of the US. They probably see us as something like a volcano: Interesting, scenic, but with the potential to almost randomly destroy everything. The view from the Caribbean...is probably not that.

Something like that. There's a little more nuance but yes, it's about perspective. However, it's not just about our relationship to America in terms of American foreign policy. It's also about cultural differences and economic differences too. All of these things together gives one a completely different perspective on the world.

The different presidents, whose differences are so important to us, are just different pigeons to them: The end result is the same.

This is pretty accurate, though there is some nuance here too. Both the left and right in America are really just a single system of control that works by pitting them against each other. The current culture war is the result. It keeps everyone distracted so they can never fully realize what America actually is. Americans think American is the land of the brave, home of the free bla bla bla......That's nonsense. America is a business. They are in the business of plundering the world. Granted, they don't do it through sheer military conquest like the empires of the past but rather through more underhanded methods like proxy wars or covert military operations. They also rely on the implicit threat of a conflict with their powerful military to obtain more favorable terms in negotiations with both enemies and allies alike.

This is also where my extreme hostility towards liberalism comes from. I see it as a kind of cultural imperialism. For example, in the Twitter thread jmc trying to convince me that my definition of a woman is wrong, outdated and hateful is nothing short of a blanket judgement of an entire culture. There is no better example than this of imperialistic entitlement.

Anyways moving on.....The wealth obtained by America through these imperialistic practices are funneled into the hands of a few American families and while they are doing that, the rank and file American never notices because they are too distracted by the Kardashians and reality TV, arguing about gender and pronouns, arguing over Trump, environmental alarmism etc.

Don't get me wrong though, I don't blame them. Any powerful empire would do the same thing and perhaps America is the most benevolent dictator the world would ever see and if they didn't accept the role, someone far worse would no doubt have filled that void.

All I'm saying is that I'm not under any illusions about how things really work.