This is going to be a little inflammatory but it's true.
Why I will never take seriously foreigners' reactions to our wars, surveillance, human rights violations, etc:
You people, and the governments and central banks who represent you, keep buying our debt and financing all of this. The US Government would be incapable of funding these programs and wars at low cost without YOU stepping up to the plate every single auction to buy up our treasuries at ridiculously low yields.
I'll believe your outrage when I see action behind it.
Either I'm wrong, or reality is unpopular on HN. It doesn't take much to google for the TIC data[1]. You really do finance this stuff. Average net purchases represent nearly 30% of the US Government's budget. The USG would have to curtail its programs by about this much if you didn't consistently buy our toilet paper.
I can't ever recall seeing 'buy US debt' pitched as an election issue, though it's nice of you to shift the blame to people who generally wouldn't understand what you're even talking about, let alone be aware of it going on.
Why I will never take seriously foreigners' reactions to our wars, surveillance, human rights violations, etc:
You people, and the governments and central banks who represent you, keep buying our debt and financing all of this. The US Government would be incapable of funding these programs and wars at low cost without YOU stepping up to the plate every single auction to buy up our treasuries at ridiculously low yields.
I'll believe your outrage when I see action behind it.