Seen from Europe, and France in my particular case, where mutualisation and cooperation is a mantra of a majority, the individualism and competition leading the USA has always been a big difference of view with some of my colleagues while working for HPE. Not that we’re always right, neither them. But their view of the liberty is pushed to a point where it can surpass the collective liberty of a nation, a collective of people (thinking to the 2nd constitution amendment e.g. seen as extreme from here). On the other hand some of the evolution (in particular in IT) would probably not have occurred without their liberty of creating companies and sustain them. However, the FLOSS movement has shown that other options are possible as well, even if today, without the funding of a lot of companies of all sizes, sustainability of the devs would probably be difficult.
Besides these differences of views which have never prevented europeans and americans to work together, today the USA are moving rapidly into what appears to us as the wrong direction, without americans even considering it.
They have not voted for a greater America, but for a greedier one, and they won’t benefit themselves from it, that’s the main point. As every current decision taken is to enrich more the circle near the president, rather than the whole population (well absolutely not in the same proportions !).
The only strategy, wherever economical, political, worldwide-relationship, is based on “how much money will I bring back (not said for me but for him and his fellow supporters), not how to work on long term orientations. Of course, when global warming will hit more, D. Trump will be already dead, so he doesn’t care (and remarquably not for his kids or his grand-daughter either !) Well having more maney will allow them to buy more AC systems, but that’s not the most annoying in fact.
Helping Ukraine, yes, not because they have been invaded (it’s a fact since 2014, like Georgia), but because he can win precious metal that one of his friends will operate, bringing money for him, and then more support for the future mid-term elections e.g.
Retiring from WHS, to spare a bit of money, forgetting that it will create a huge impact during the next epidemy that will reach the states, whatever he does to close borders, due to the lack of knowledge exchange with WHS at that time. The next one will spread. I hope WHS will then ask for much more money so the US gets the details to manufacture the vaccine then, as that’s the only language understood now by the new USA administration. Seeing how health is managed in the US, he won’t be touched, and his extremely rich friends either. But what about all those who voted for him, but don’t have the money to be treated correctly ?
Drilling again is just showing the preference to money, not to the collectivity of americans who will know more huge fires, more tempests, hurricanes as the local emissions, while having an impact on all the earth, will for sure increase temperatures variations in the USA and impact all american people, blue as well as red and even more green ones !
Willing to get Canada, Venezuela, Groenland is for exactly the same reasons: the precious natural resources that these lands have. The future of their inhabitants is the least of this administration’s care. As well as cutting the US Aid funds wrt the millions of people needing it just to live on this planet, and whose saved money will go in some pockets, for sure not the one who need it, even voters of that administration.
Of course, what can you expect from someone who neglect scientific proofs from educated people to prefer placing relations from reality TV shows at high positions in the administrator 😦 USA used to be a lightning country wrt science. That won’t be the case anymore.
I guess that with all these sentences, I won’t be able to travel to the US for the next 3 years, but I’m fine with that, as I don’t intend to travel there as long as that administration will be in place, and I’m lucky to not have to ! I’m really in sympathy with all the american people I know that are nearer from the democrats and don’t have that liberty.
So I hope that when people will realize they have voted for “Make America Greedy Again”, and that they are NOT part of that, they will find more reasonable politicians (democrats as well as republican as they need a balanced approach) to place at the head of the 2 chambers, and the country ultimately in 3 years. Hoping that the result of their vote won’t be denied again with other consequences this time (meaning dictatorship).
Note that I started that article one year ago, and hoped to not have to publish it. But current situation, and USA’s interference in a lot of european elections, IT choices, geopolitical approaches like not understanding that Ukraine is a victim of the war, made it necessary. Of course, it won’t have impact,but at least I’m not staying quiet in front of what happens, and to support my US friends who deserve it.
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