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How widespread is global fatigue with the US?

dw.com·Katharina Abel·about 1 month ago
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While they're not representative, comments like these have been increasingly popping up on DW's social media accounts when the posts concern the United States : "Should we really be interested in what's happening in the US? (...) Please, DW, stop fixating on everything American," or "It might be worth mentioning that Europeans — and actually, the whole world — are currently suffering from 'America fatigue.'" Long seen as land of promise For decades, the US and the American Way of Life held a special promise for young people around the world. Take Germany as an example: After the end of World War II , people in West Germany quickly realized that their American occupiers not only handed out chewing gum, cigarettes and chocolate, but also brought their own culture with them. Rock 'n' roll, jazz, blue jeans and Coca-Cola quickly left a mark on an entire postwar generation — with American GIs as role models.…

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