4 ms·
> Until not long ago, plenty of places in the world wanted to model themselves after America. But after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade almost two y
by disadvantage 3y ago
> Until not long ago, plenty of places in the world wanted to model themselves after America. But after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade almost two years ago, America has, for some nations, become a model … of what not to do.
What specific things apart from US abortion laws are 'American' in nature? If it means McDonalds outlets then fair game, but I can't think of anything else, apart from maybe the US 'hustle culture' that is always admirable.
- manuelabeledo 3y ago> ... I can't think of anything else, apart from maybe the US 'hustle culture' that is always admirable. Is it? When I moved to the US, I was surprised that working multiple jobs, or working seemingly physical jobs after 65 or even injured, e.g. as your typical Home Depot associate, were quite common. For such a wealthy country, it's disgraceful.
- creer 3y agoAren't there many things which, while not unique to the US, came to be perceived as American? Or pioneered here then imitated elsewhere? or exported as a strength or "leading example" of the US? - And do you mean positives or negatives? And it has always surprised me how much French TV news for example love to report on what happens in the US. To a large extent, it may be just a historical bad habit or quirk (I mean as opposed to reporting on what happens in the rest of the EU or in China for example) but it's still there. So it's not exactly what americans think of as their strengths that makes it through.