Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Mainstream western politics and culture pretend the rest of the world does not exist. The mainstream western worldview shrinks the earth down to US-aligned countries and acts as though the billions of people who live in the global south do not share a planet with us. You really see this illustrated in US presidential election season, when debates will feature five or six minutes on ‘foreign policy’ with the remaining two hours dedicated to ‘domestic policy’ and culture war wedge issues despite the the White House’s relationship with foreign countries having orders of magnitude more significant real-world consequences. Americans discuss election results as though the whole thing revolves around them and their feelings and how much more convenient or inconvenient the next president might make their lives, while Europeans discuss what the results might mean for NATO expenses and trade agreements.” (11/04/24)