And that “we” (honestly don’t know if it applies to you specifically) are in their support of influence, so any big enough US news has significant impact on half of the globe.

With on one hand the polarization of discourse and on the other the decay of democratic standards in the US, it is normal to have higher levels of interest across communities that are not US centered but only US influenced.

Unfortunately, that community is also moderated by an American (JordanLund) who has refused to acknowledge or accept terms from other countries outside of the United states, has banned Canadians for 'misinformation' when they were merely using Canadian political terms he didn't understand, and has argued with the admins of lemmy.world that he did nothing wrong. The admins warned him about the situation and publicly he refuses to back down.

That community can't be trusted. It's not impartial and not remotely trustworthy. It is seen through an aggressively American lens.

This is a breakdown of some of the shit that he's done. It's a repost of something I made that got deleted when I left LW. This is that original post if you want to see the comments of him "defending" himself by making it a thousand times worse. This was the last straw for me and why I left Lemmy.world, deleting all my content and setting up on dbzer0 instead with new communities to boot.

I am fucking done accepting an American being the be-all and end-all of reality when they're not even plugged into it themselves.

Yeah. As a Canadian, I can't say that I'm not fucking sick of it. This America-centric bullshit has gone on for far too fucking long, and if there is one thing that I will thank Donald Trump for, it is finally giving me a socially acceptable justification for hating that entire fucking shit stain of a country.

So, downvote all the threads?

there are alot keyboard politicians on lemmy. they al seem to have a master degree in politics.

doubt any of those keyboard politicians actually contribute to anything useful in their own local politics.

American geography teacher preparing for class:

scroll "all", and just block everything usa and politics related. my lemmy feed has become an entertainment platform again instead of a pseudo intellectual masturbation platform for keyboard politicians.

Isn’t this only a problem because many users are American? Then naturally many posts will be about America.

How is “world news” defined?

Send them back to REDDIT

This is why I joined feddit.uk. If I want UK-centric stuff then I can look at "local" posts. If I want to see more stuff (including US stuff) then I can look at "all" posts.

Piefed has keyword filters

Yep, Jordan's problem is that he is American. Definitely not that he's a piece of shit.

I never said the problem was that he was an American now, did I? I repeatedly added caveats after the fact about how he's a lunatic. The worst was "an aggressively American lens" which I also stand by given it's a world news community.

moderated by an American who has refused to acknowledge or accept terms from other countries outside of the United States

Seen through an aggressively American lens

an American being the be-all and end-all of reality when they're not even plugged into it themselves.

My issue is that it's a world news community run by an apologetic American who is also an asshole. That perfect storm of stupid. Not because he is an American alone.

Edit: Jesus check this users modlog... They seem to only exist on lemmy to get into petty slapfights over their own failed reading comprehension. They have so many recent mod interactions that if you click on page 2 you're still under "A Month Ago".

It's pretty obvious even if I were to ignore this other thing you said

... finally giving me a socially acceptable justification for hating that entire fucking shit stain of a country.

In a completely different comment, in a completely different comment chain (responding directly to OP) with a completely different context? Sure. Let's add that back in so we're not acting disingenuous as fuck, shall we?

Yeah. As a Canadian, I can't say that I'm not fucking sick of it. This America-centric bullshit has gone on for far too fucking long, and if there is one thing that I will thank Donald Trump for, it is finally giving me a socially acceptable justification for hating that entire fucking shit stain of a country.

Do I hate the United States? Yes. Do I hate Americans? No. You seem to have a serious problem with reading comprehension or you're just wanting to frame this like you're a victim. You're not. People are allowed to have opinions on countries that repeatedly meddle in the rest of the world, you're not special and do not deserve special protection from criticism as a country. You also need to learn the difference between disliking a country and disliking its people. You know, unless you want to argue that you are completely aligned with the United States government which I seriously doubt.

I'm not continuing this with you. Your behavior is questionable at best and I'm not really interested in getting into a slapfight with someone who is going to redact everything that doesn't align with their view of someone else. Starting to remember why I had you blocked on lemmy.world.

Any time someone gets called after accidentally revealing an uncomfortable truth about themselves, they always pull the "reading comprehension" card. I don't need to argue or quote or anything else. Your comments here are dripping with disdain for an entire country. You say it targets no individuals but it certainly does and that's what you were called for. It's textbook bigotry. Now go ahead and call me a stupid American and get it over with. Everyone reading has no doubt you're thinking it.

Edit: it's weird you edited in the bit about blocking me. Don't think I've interacted with you before. Also, you remember every username you block? You just really need to be right. That way, you don't have to consider how it sounds when you write the things you wrote here.

Jesus check this users modlog...

Yes some people don't delete their accounts to hide their "controversy".

It's pretty telling you get this offended and personal over one fair critique

Just don't sub munis about US news or politics? I never see any here except local stuff in the Chicago munis. Curate your subscription list and you'll be golden.

This. I was watching the BBC Archive the other day, where it interviewed people's thoughts on the mutual disarm movement back in the 80s, and you had two people sitting down at a table expressing their views, but not getting more than a little riled up or resorting to character attacks.

https://youtu.be/6yfE9Ihr8F0?t=661

I wish TV was still like this. The most vocal guy in the room is putting forward the view that UK paid for the nukes, and so it should keep them, and ultimately make ourselves more independent of the US and not subservient to them. He's also a chauvinist pig, but it is only one aspect of his personality and the others seem to understand that and keep the discussion grounded.

One thing I have noticed from watching these old videos is that people ultimately haven't changed: the exact same gripes (cost of living, buying houses), and the exact same fears (russian interference, loss of jobs to china). They just smoke and drank more.

That last sentence might sound like a joke, but I do think there really is something to having a beer and sharing a cigarette with someone you're violently in disagreement with. It normalizes the air somehow. Reminds me of the "slightly less than two drinks" rule from Mitchell&Web.

1983 , I was in the army then , almost WW III, Stanislav Petrov saved the world

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov