• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Nobody said anything about US politics not affecting other countries. Of course the dysfunction in the US affects everybody. But, it goes both ways. You don’t think events in Europe, India or China affect the US? You’re ignoring South America and Africa entirely?

    Look at how a small group of rebels in Yemen is having a massive impact on shipping worldwide.

    This US-centric view that this worldwide outage is automatically due to US politics is just ridiculous, and you should be embarrassed.

    • AtmaJnana@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      This US-centric view that this worldwide outage is automatically due to US politics is just ridiculous, and you should be embarrassed.

      I should be embarrassed that another commenter thinks its related to the elections? Why? It wasn’t my idea and my only mention of it was to say I think it unlikely. Go be churlish somewhere else. I’ll longer see your replies.

      • neatchee@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I started ignoring them when they willfully disregarded my explanation in order to reiterate the same misunderstanding they’d already made, simply pointing at text and saying, effectively, “it means what I say it means”. They have their view and nothing you or I can say will ever change it. Best to just ignore that type