is it okay for non Americans who live outside USA to discuss USA events? - eviltoast

I wanted to ask this question to Americans, do you think it is ok for people who don’t have a stake in USA future to discuss USA events and politics?

I personally think it should be encouraged, but I had met a very small minority of people who think it’s not ok.

What do you think?

  • djsoren19@yiffit.net
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    2 months ago

    I feel like as long as your country has one of our military bases in it, and the chances are unfortunately pretty high that you do, you’ve got about as much right to criticize the U.S. as anyone else. The U.S. falling to fascism would have global repercussions, so don’t let anyone ever tell you that you don’t have skin in the game too.

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      2 months ago

      Not only that. We have your nuklear weapons as well.

      I recently learned that one of the US nuclear weapon depots was at the german airforce airbase my father was stationed on and we lived nearby when I was a kid.

      It wasn’t public knowledge and I’m glad I only learned about it 20 years later. But even if they are not there exactly anymore, they are somewhere in Germany at an undisclosed location and that does makes us a target.