When it comes to rapid domestic development and global ascendance, there is hardly any parallel to what China has achieved over the past decade. In a poll conducted by the Global Times Research Center in 2012, over half of foreign respondents viewed China as a
the people who "look down on the West" have increased to 41.7 percent
Opinions of the US have definitely gone down quite a bit with Gen z around the world. Europe, on the other hand, still has a mostly positive image. I don't think the Global South should look down on the West as much as they should stop blindly worshipping them and copying everything they do.
Edit: I meant to say Europe has a positive image with those from the Global South. I was one of them for the longest time. Hated the US for its explicit war-mongering and saw Europe as the more peaceful alternative to what the US was. They have great PR and it's even more impressive that they're able to do it without the media apparatus that the US has.
European Gen Z has a positive image of the US? Huh. I guess even in my wider social media like TikTok and :reddit-logo: I’m still in a bubble, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a European say anything positive about the US.
It’s usually “How do you feel safe going anywhere when you could get shot?”“You pay how much for an ambulance???” Or just saying that Americans are fat lazy and dumb. “At least our schools aren’t a shooting range” and stuff like that. I figured most of the population of Europe would be happy to see the United States nuked to oblivion.
Ooooh yes I see, I can’t read. Yeah that’s definitely true. I think Europe has done a really good job since world war 2 of letting the US take the heat for all the stuff they’re complicit in, even though Europeans actually benefit more than Americans do from imperialism (if global wealth were split evenly the average American would be wealthier, unlike most of Europe)
I mean to say that Central American Gen Z thinks highly of Europe. But now that I think about it, Europeans do seem to be more Americanized. I've seen them speak in American accents from watching so much Youtube and calling their own currency "dollars." They also seem to know way more about American culture war stuff than we do.
Opinions of the US have definitely gone down quite a bit with Gen z around the world. Europe, on the other hand, still has a mostly positive image. I don't think the Global South should look down on the West as much as they should stop blindly worshipping them and copying everything they do.
Edit: I meant to say Europe has a positive image with those from the Global South. I was one of them for the longest time. Hated the US for its explicit war-mongering and saw Europe as the more peaceful alternative to what the US was. They have great PR and it's even more impressive that they're able to do it without the media apparatus that the US has.
They should start pitying is for living under fascism.
European Gen Z has a positive image of the US? Huh. I guess even in my wider social media like TikTok and :reddit-logo: I’m still in a bubble, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a European say anything positive about the US.
It’s usually “How do you feel safe going anywhere when you could get shot?”“You pay how much for an ambulance???” Or just saying that Americans are fat lazy and dumb. “At least our schools aren’t a shooting range” and stuff like that. I figured most of the population of Europe would be happy to see the United States nuked to oblivion.
I think they mean that Europe is still perceived positively around the world, unlike USA
Ooooh yes I see, I can’t read. Yeah that’s definitely true. I think Europe has done a really good job since world war 2 of letting the US take the heat for all the stuff they’re complicit in, even though Europeans actually benefit more than Americans do from imperialism (if global wealth were split evenly the average American would be wealthier, unlike most of Europe)
I mean to say that Central American Gen Z thinks highly of Europe. But now that I think about it, Europeans do seem to be more Americanized. I've seen them speak in American accents from watching so much Youtube and calling their own currency "dollars." They also seem to know way more about American culture war stuff than we do.