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[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was an honest question, I'm not from the US, so I have no horse in the race.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

everyone does; whether or not you're american.

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mean I guess I'd rather Trump didn't win, but I can't do anything about it. So no, I have no horse in the race.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

so long as american bombs, american soldiers, or american money touch your country; you too will be impacted by this race.

the only way to plausibly ignore it is to be russian, chinese or western european; everyone else is the world is kowtowed to american hegemony, willing or not.

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Even if we are under US hegemony, we don't have a horse in the race. US foreign policy is dependent on the decades of built up institutions and material forces beyond any individual's control. There is no meaningful difference depending on who is president besides optics.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

that's only true if you're somehow insulated from american hegemony.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago

Depends... We're all interconnected on some level. But i don't care anymore.