alt Hacker NewsYou are being downvoted by those who see the world solely though American eyes and with only recent experience of American politics to draw on.
I know HN is USA centric, but bugger me! I didn't expect to see such a narrow viewing of the world stage in the voting on here.
EDIT: And I'm getting drive-by downvotes for pointing this out! Nice.
I can see your argument but I'm non american and think you underestimate the impact of USA on global stage.
It was(?) de facto the most powerful democracy with most innovation and broad influence over the world, USAID and so on. Every dictator and tsar had to count with values like freedom of information and tolerance and following laws and trading instead of fighting.
Now it's still maybe powerful but those values and influence coming from it are changing very quickly and that is super recent