Judgement Day

4:31pm Wed 16th May #8338530

@Usva88 The US is not a laughing stock. Well, we are. But so are other countries. In Brazil the most common countries people joke about are France, Portugal, and Germany. The US is only considered a laughing stock when it comes to world politics because, and I think we need to face the fact, we're just not good at it. On the other hand, everyone knows who we are. People in Africa with no education and little knowledge about the outside world know our flag, and sometimes they can recognize our president. I know, I've done surveys on it. However, few people know the English prime minister, or the Australian Prime minister, or the Mexican president, or the French president (compared to those who know the American president). When America says something, the world still listens. When America decides that something is simply not going to happen (for instance, that whole deal with Iran and the strait of Hormuz) other countries consider it. If France said "don't do this Iran" Iran would not even bash an eyelash. They would not take it as a threat, so much as a "the US and strong European countries that back me up will take you down" kind of deal.

You have to admit that the US is still a major international presence (though we are bad at politics) and that we still have one of the most powerful militaries in the world. So yeah, our country is not the best in the world (by a long shot) but the people who live here like it, and we still live good lives. And even if we are ignorant of other countries, that comes from a history of basically relying on Mexico and Canada for everything. We are a gargantuan nation, especially compared to the European nations, though not so much over here in the west where giant nations are more common (and I don't count Russia because obviously it's enormous) and have never needed to rely on other countries.

So we aren't the best, but we're happy, and the rest of the world may not like us, but they still have to pay attention to us, because America is still powerful.


Wow, that was way more than I meant to write. And it came off sounding kind of rant-ish. Hm. Ah well, nothing to do about it.

7:53pm Fri 4th May #8323563

that's me when lie about something... oh America how we love you...

2:27am Tue 24th Apr #8307291

@Usva88 Thank you so much for what you said. Sometimes I hate my country, then I remember it's the politicians and religious fundamentalist leaders (not religious people, but the 'leaders' who tell you to hate anyone who's not you) and not the actual, regular people that I dislike. A lot of the people, even the prejudiced ones, are okay, they just get so much false information and are scared, so while I don't agree with them, I can understand.
@Zammin I agree, we have could do some real good if we just took the time to actually learn about other people, and letting them figure out how to deal with their problems in their own instead of making them do it our way.

The expressions on everyone's faces in the last panel are so funny. I just adore the style this is drawn it, it's so adorable and just seeing it somehow makes me really happy. I love the way this comic makes fun of stereotypes without being mean.

9:55am Mon 23rd Apr #8306185

And I know I'm not the only one. Sad to say but the US is pretty much a laughing stock for the rest of the world for various reasons. I think the far right movement, fundamental religious groups and tendency to make mistakes in world politics are one of the reasons. Another is that they seem to care so much for their own country that they don't really study about Europe (Asia, Africa, Australia...) and don't know nothing about the countries there and their capitals. I don't remember all the 50 states or their capitals either, though, so I don't know if this is such a big deal, though. But at least I can recognize whether something is a state or a city : DDD

9:48am Mon 23rd Apr #8306179

MountainOfHills: I have started to like Americans a lot more now when they have started to understand they make mistakes too, they're not the savior of the world and that their country is not the best and only one in the world. I'd like to see some social development there, though. The extreme right is holding you back! Sexual equality is soooo behind in america. In Europe LGBT people are understood and treated better -especially in the north. In many countries you can get practically free medical treatment if you're ill when in America you'd go bancrupt if you got sick in there. In Finland you can live quite well even if you can't work (if you have some serious barrier: physical illness, mental conditions etc). Right now I'm not working but studying and I don't have to pay anything to study at the university because it's free here (no tuition) and I also get free money (it's not a lot but many people don't have student loans in their countries) just because I live in a country where the rich care for the less fortunate and pay taxes. One day I will become one of the richer and give to the youths that are just searching for their place. Socialism is not some kind of a ghost! You have to have at least some level of it if you want to achieve equality. I feel sad for americans very often because I know they've been brainwashed into thinking their country is perfect and the best (and they call this patriotism). This is done so that they wouldn't question it's social problems. No progress is made in a country that thinks it's the best.

3:20pm Sun 22nd Apr #8305187

@Quartin No, it isn't. Torture encourages the victims to say anything in order to escape the pain which is why it most often results in false intel.

5:28pm Fri 13th Apr #8291708

sweden dosen't even seem to give a shit.

6:44pm Mon 9th Apr #8285654

Do you happen to have an article link for this? I have tried looking it up to learn more but I keep coming up with nothing.

2:39pm Mon 9th Apr #8285309

I'm seriously considering returning Norway and Scania to him just to make him happy about something.

8:06pm Sat 7th Apr #8283140

For a sec, I thought that the table was a censor bar....

10:34pm Fri 30th Mar #8269754

I love Sweden's lack of caring

3:50am Sun 25th Mar #8258806

I just knew there'd be something like that bombshell at the end. x3

5:14pm Sat 24th Mar #8258320

HAHA every panel is so funny... but i love sweden's unchanging expression.

7:03am Tue 20th Mar #8250813

COMMENT OF THE DEVIL!!! MUHAHHAHAHAHA!
(This is the 666th comment)

3:55pm Sat 17th Mar #8246244

.....sigh. And it's for reasons like this that most Americans traveling abroad will lie and say their Canadian.

11:56pm Wed 14th Mar #8241617

@Zammin Ah, yes, I seem to have used the wrong word for the idea. What I should have said was a "non-intervention" policy.

7:29am Wed 14th Mar #8240256

On judgement day, you lose.

2:38pm Tue 13th Mar #8239533

@PlotHappens Isolationist? No, that's a terrible policy. But it is true that being the self-imposed World Police is also a terrible idea. Lots of countries have strong foreign relations WITHOUT also muscling in on people. What we really need to do is try and understand other countries more thoroughly, so that we can act with wisdom.

As it is, we seem to just do what we feel like with little regard for other countries.

4:20pm Sun 26th Feb #8203147

Personally I wish the U.S. was much more of an isolationist country. I disagree with a foreign policy that insists on being an international police force. We need to stop outsourcing and focus on being a high quality producer with an emphasis on rebuilding our production foundation and let the rest of the world do as it likes. Bring everyone home and stop being an unasked for Big Brother.

1:39pm Sun 26th Feb #8202593

America slamming the hammer should be a t shirt