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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Fun pastime: any time you see a tweet making fund of Europe, post in the group chat and let @antonio defend the entire continent.
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Antonio García Martínez
@antonio
The problem is that I'm basically 100% right, and nobody I ever debate this with knows enough about Europe to recognize that.
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Antonio García Martínez
@antonio
Our debate in that GC was totally ridiculous, BTW. I'm absolutely right about both the quality of life in Europe, and how American intellectual influence abroad (beyond popular culture) is surprisingly thin given the very real geopolitical dominance in the past few decades.
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Tom
@dstny
Growing up in the UK, not quite Europe, I can’t recall any generation I’ve come in contact with (born in 1910 maximum) have any respect for American Intellectualism — It’s often the butt of a joke. But as you said, popular culture is easily the biggest export the US has when it comes to global mindshare
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Antonio García Martínez
@antonio
Americans don't quite realize that basically nobody reads any of their literature, politics, or general intellectual discourse (other than those focused on learning English or into American studies). Maybe a smidge when it comes to geopolitics since it's directly relevant to US foreign policy (which is important).
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Antonio García Martínez
@antonio
Nobody reads Emerson and Melville the way everyone reads Goethe and Shakespeare. Nobody knows anything about the American Revolution, nor much cares (compared to say the French Revolution). Other than film and Netflix now, you'd barely know the US exists standing in most foreign bookstores.
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Syed Shah🏴☠️🌊
@syed
They have the dankest memes therefor this entire line of reasoning is moot.
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Manaén
@mana
I agree with the sentiment and specific point here. But I have to admit that we Europeans are all too reluctant to admit that our societal discourse is downstream of the discourse in the US, although with a lag of 3-5 years though it was significantly higher a few years ago (my sense was something between 5-10 years).
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