Belgian why are you not allowing him to speak? He may be uninformed, unintelligent or underage, but his voice is one that is allowed. This is not a fascism.

Guys lets make a difference between America and the US please. Canada is not the same as the US.

No point in that. Speaking as a south american, the correct term to call the USA is actually America indeed.

It's the name. "United States of AMERICA". We shorten it to America.
Just like "Federal Republic of Brazil" is shortened to Brazil.
Or "People's Republic of China" is shortened to China.

I'm pretty sure no one refers to China as PRC or Brazil as FRB.

It's not wrong to call the USA "America" unless, for some reason, the context doesn't allow you to figure out which of them is the subject.

Yeah, in terms of lifestyle/personal happiness we're certainly falling behind. But we are still the most powerful country in the world. Whether that makes us the best or the worst is a matter of opinion. Either way, with advancing weapons capabilities such as drones and guided missiles, a soldier based army is becoming increasingly obsolete. With Russia and China competing for power, our place as the #1 isn't likely to last much longer.

Also, the ideological beliefs of Islam lend themselves towards sexism and repression, as with most major religions. ISIS and the terrorist regime is in line with most of their core beliefs. The Islamic community need to rewrite many of their core doctrines and behaviors if they want to remain a viable ideology in the modern world.

oh but belgian is a fascist genghis.

It sure used to be... We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason. We passed laws, we struct down laws, for moral reason. We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people.

Few countries do this since the 1930s, America is not one of them. Your whole speech sounds like Adolf Hitler speaking. We must resurrect Germany, we must fight for freedom of the German folk!

Literally every generation tends to claim to be on the worst one and declare past ones were better. This is due to an effect of nostalgia on older people that passes through generations through conversations and talking, modified slightly with the newer person's opinion and output, only so it's concept of "last generation" becomes sort of utopic, and then the same happens between this younger person and his sons.

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I don't know why everyone's crying now that America has realised it needs to stop trying to be the world's police. Britain was way better. It's time to go back to the time when Britannia truly ruled.

America nor Britain nor any country has even been world's police. They have been world's bullies, but never police. Britain far worse, at least America didn't mow Africa and Ireland of all Africans and Irish.

Guys lets make a difference between America and the US please. Canada is not the same as the US.

No. America is a continent and a country, deal with it. We don't need to use the official names all the times, The Chinese Folk Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (north) Ireland, just say China, Russia, Britain, and America.

No point in that. Speaking as a south american, the correct term to call the USA is actually America indeed.

It's the name. "United States of AMERICA". We shorten it to America.
Just like "Federal Republic of Brazil" is shortened to Brazil.
Or "People's Republic of China" is shortened to China.

I'm pretty sure no one refers to China as PRC or Brazil as FRB.

It's not wrong to call the USA "America" unless, for some reason, the context doesn't allow you to figure out which of them is the subject.

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But we are still the most powerful country in the world.

Even if it was true, so what? That's nothing to be proud of, that's something to fear, and be ashamed of.

With Russia and China competing for power, our place as the #1 isn't likely to last much longer.

Russia is far behind America, while China is far ahead. Russia is much weaker than Americans make it out to be.

There IS a difference between America and the US. Same as the EU doesnt contain all countries in Europe, but only the majority.
The Continent is called after the Italian discoverer Amerigo Vespucci, whereas the name United States of America comes from some british blokes who tried to be important.
The states are united, not the continent.

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the USA is the only relevant american nation.

There IS a difference between America and the US. Same as the EU doesnt contain all countries in Europe, but only the majority.

No there is NOT, depending on meaning of America, see Zephyr's full post. As for EU, it's also often called "Europe", but this is not in heavy usage yet, but Europe more and more by British and French media means everything west of Warsaw Pact/SSRU.

"America" is a continent and the USA is a bond of states who are "united". Deal with the difference.

all of america except the USA is irrelevant deal with it

all of america except the USA is irrelevant deal with it

Thats naiv almost cute to hear.
Apart form that it doesnt change the fact the USA and America are 2 different things.

literally no one cares about central or south americans also most canadians (90%) live near or on the american border. Also america isnt a continent it is 3 you dumbass.

literally no one cares about central or south americans also most canadians (90%) live near or on the american border. Also america isnt a continent it is 3 you dumbass.

1.Enough people care about these countries, no worries my friend :)

2. They dont live near the US border becuase the US is so damn awesome, but becuase of economically and historic reasons (Ontario and Québec were the first French colonies on the american continent.)

3. America is a continent, just deal with it.

4. Insults wont make your argument more valid....dumbass

America is a continent, just deal with it.

It is also a country, just deal with it.

Considering that it seems like one of the generations I'm put in is going to end up starting WWIII and end the world, so yep we suck.

I'm born in 1999
This places me sometimes with the Millennials, and sometimes with Generation Z, depending on dates used(duh)

Also america isnt a continent it is 3 you dumbass.
Actually, most non-North or South Americans regard it as one continent "America" which is probably where all the confusion is sprouting from.

4. Insults wont make your argument more valid....dumbass

Hypocrite.

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It is also a country, just deal with it.

Do Brazil and the US have the same goverment? NO.
America is a continent, deal with it.

4. Insults wont make your argument more valid....dumbass


Hypocrite.

I never wrote it in bold letters, also mind the dots before, to show that I wanted to give that "dumbass" back.

Do Brazil and the US have the same goverment? NO.

Do Narva and RF have the same government? Taipei and CFR? São Paulo and Montevideo? No, but so what? Perhaps we shouldn't then call Germany its name, since Turkish, Russians, French live there? Or maybe we need to change America's name altogether, since it only represents one Italian man who is not alive anymore. No, just calm yourself.

America is a continent, deal with it.

I have dealt with it: I agree it is.

America is also a country, deal with it.