• riodoro1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    103·
    1 month ago

    Well you are comparing one totalitarian regime to another. The US is no longer a „western” country.

    • SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.eeEnglish
      114·
      1 month ago

      Nah, it totally is. Being western isn’t signified by “Good Values” it’s signified by its location on the map.

      • riodoro1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        1 month ago

        That’s why I put western in quotes. It’s a dumb but helpful classification like the „first world”.

      • boonhet@lemm.ee
        5·
        1 month ago

        Plenty of western countries are located in the eastern hemisphere. Australia is considered a western country…

        • SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.eeEnglish
          41·
          1 month ago

          Yeah they often get coined with that term because they have “Western Values” or come under the influence of western countries.