Indeed. I had thought about that a lot in the past, like a wake disappearing behind a boat cruising who knows where (now that I'm no longer in the foreign service and diplomacy is on the chopping block in Washington with lots of other things). I used to hear frequently from foreign counterparts that the voice of non-Americans should somehow be reflected in US elections, given the global influence of our great nation. And I hadn't quite thought of it the way you put it, in the case of these outlandish tariffs it does amount to a kind of taxation without representation. How is American madness being seen from the Iberian peninsula?
I would have said that empathy is a virtue. As such it would not call for reciprocity, but I understand you are trying to influence pragmatic Americans. I also liked you earlier cry on no taxation without representation. Updating it, because tariffs are taxes, should the rest of the world be taxed without voting for the American President?
I'm sorry but I can't keep reading your increasingly emotional and unhinged hyper-partisan rants. This is no way to bridge the cultural divide. This is the same sort of stuff that has destroyed our beloved Democrat party. Good luck.
Indeed. I had thought about that a lot in the past, like a wake disappearing behind a boat cruising who knows where (now that I'm no longer in the foreign service and diplomacy is on the chopping block in Washington with lots of other things). I used to hear frequently from foreign counterparts that the voice of non-Americans should somehow be reflected in US elections, given the global influence of our great nation. And I hadn't quite thought of it the way you put it, in the case of these outlandish tariffs it does amount to a kind of taxation without representation. How is American madness being seen from the Iberian peninsula?
I would have said that empathy is a virtue. As such it would not call for reciprocity, but I understand you are trying to influence pragmatic Americans. I also liked you earlier cry on no taxation without representation. Updating it, because tariffs are taxes, should the rest of the world be taxed without voting for the American President?
I'm sorry but I can't keep reading your increasingly emotional and unhinged hyper-partisan rants. This is no way to bridge the cultural divide. This is the same sort of stuff that has destroyed our beloved Democrat party. Good luck.
Ironically, I don’t even consider myself a Democrat (democratically-minded, but that’s different).