10 Reasons Europeans Didn't See This Coming
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For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming. Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.
1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.
2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.
3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.
4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.
5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.
6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.
7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.
8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.
9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.
10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.
Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.
What's happened to EU economies the last 15 years is shocking, and their suicidal energy policies bear a significant share of the blame.
Great article. 11 may be Americans don't like to be told what should or should not bother them or what they should or should not do.
As you well know, the problem with Donald Trump is not confined to his rhetoric . He wasnt impeached twice for rhetoric. It is the MAGA playbook to pretend that mean tweets and rhetoric are the objection about Trump.
Correct, the problem that everyone should have with Trump is his abysmal character, ethics, and arrogant narcissism.
What's amazing is that after the last 10 years, any Democrat would feel able to attack Trump for his character or ethics.
After the 51 officials letter, the piss tape, the New York Post suppression, labeling facts conspiracy theories, FISA lies and covering up the President's mental incapacity for 18 months etc..,you'd think that'd be the last thing you'd want to throw stones about.
and feelings
This from liberal pundit Matthew Yglesias touches on a related theme of traditional American principles Democrats have abandoned in their headlong flight to the left wing extreme...
These are all foundational concepts of the normal American's ethos, but no longer seem relevant to, or are actively opposed by the modern left.