Are most of you Americans?

[KatieTay]

I don't see very many geopolitical discussions here. Plenty about the American political circus but nothing about Brexit or the South China Sea or South Asian happenings or the Middle East or pretty much anywhere else.

So I'm curious, are most people on this forum Americans? And correspondingly are most Literotica readers Americans too?

 

[someoneyouknow]

Yes

Most likely.

 

[Raziel83]

It could also be that there's only one or few people from the same countries so there aren't enough for discussions about politics in one particular country or maybe yankees are the only ones discussing politics on a porn site?

 

[oggbashan]

The usage statistics for Literotica suggest that the largest number of any nationality are American but those are less than half Lit's users.

The General Board is a small subset of those who visit Literotica daily (about 400,000 people a day).

Since we are all, or almost all, posting under user names and not our real names, and some have several alts (alternative names), it is difficult to establish who is American and who is not - because you can't believe everything people say about themselves!

I'm British and relieved that I don't have to choose between Clinton and Trump.

We have had heated discussions before and after the Brexit vote but it is of limited interest to most GB members.

 

[hashtag45]

Posts here are generally of a v. high quality but I have to admit too, it gets a bit frustrating when 90% of what one sees here are "Obama… Trump… Hillary". I wish too that people would diversify the topics a bit.

 

[flanneland]

Yes. I think so.

 

[JackLuis]

That is mostly why I started the "WHat's Happening in the rest of the world" thread. I watched the BritEX discussion but did not add to it because I have no dog in that fight, being Californian. But almost no one added to that thread. I figured that most people who might have been, were more interested in Tits!

 

[KatieTay]

The usage statistics for Literotica suggest that the largest number of any nationality are American but those are less than half Lit's users.

The General Board is a small subset of those who visit Literotica daily (about 400,000 people a day).

Thanks for this info! It's interesting.

I wonder about the composition of my readership... hmm...

 

[patient1]

Yes, I'm an American, and so are the founders of this site. That's why the standards of 18 year-old age of consent mirror California laws.

I don't like to comment on the politics of other countries, because I believe it's none of my business, it's for them to decide for themselves. Sometimes I ask questions out of curiosity.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

I don't see very many geopolitical discussions here. Plenty about the American political circus but nothing about Brexit or the South China Sea or South Asian happenings or the Middle East or pretty much anywhere else.

So I'm curious, are most people on this forum Americans? And correspondingly are most Literotica readers Americans too?

Well, most American's are not real American. Since many gave up their rights and Independence to become an obama welfare slave. ironic

 

[removed9556]

 

[hashtag45]

Yes, I'm an American, and so are the founders of this site. That's why the standards of 18 year-old age of consent mirror California laws.

I don't like to comment on the politics of other countries, because I believe it's none of my business, it's for them to decide for themselves. Sometimes I ask questions out of curiosity.

Why wouldn't you? You would certainly interfere a lot less than your politicians already have.
((kidding, of course)).

I don't see it that way.
I'm a foreigner who doesn't live in the US (I live in a Commonwealth country), and I tend to be outspoken and express my opinions on these. Yet very few american posters have expressed their annoyance with the fact that I sticked my head into Their politics, or that I'm not well versed in politics. (of course, the latter doesn't apply to you folks).

I see it as being nothing more than a debate, where people could bounce ideas off each other and become more informed, or wiser, or more open-minded in the process. I certainly feel that I gained all of the above since joining the political discussions. Participation is better than learning through observing.
And the more diversity there is in posters' backgrounds and opinions, the better.

 

[patient1]

Why wouldn't you? You would certainly interfere a lot less than your politicians already have.
((kidding, of course)).

I don't see it that way.
I'm a foreigner who doesn't live in the US (I live in a Commonwealth country), and I tend to be outspoken and express my opinions on these. Yet very few american posters have expressed their annoyance with the fact that I sticked my head into Their politics, or that I'm not well versed in politics. (of course, the latter doesn't apply to you folks).

I see it as being nothing more than a debate, where people could bounce ideas off each other and become more informed, or wiser, or more open-minded in the process. I certainly feel that I gained all of the above since joining the political discussions. Participation is better than learning through observing.
And the more diversity there is in posters' backgrounds and opinions, the better.

There's a cultural aspect. A lot of us were taught that it's impolite to bring up controversial subjects such as religion and politics, particularly when traveling abroad. It can only lead to hard feelings.

I think in the same way, a lot of Commonwealth citizens take that approach to discussing income and wealth. You don't ask and don't tell.

I have learned that Commonwealth citizens participating in American political discussions are often trolling for an argument that will cover a multitude of political topics and lose decorum once a Yank takes the bait. No thanks. I know they may intend it to be light-hearted, but No thanks.

 

[hashtag45]

Indeed.
That captures both mentalities. Although personally, I like americans' way of being (the laypeople, not their top politicians) a lot more, which is my main reason for frequenting this site.

In a similar line (and regardless of posters' nationalities, or topics):
I love the GB, and I learned a lot since joining the forum. But there's one aspect that baffles me, and it sometimes irks me too:


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My understanding of the GB (in saying this, I might be wrong) is that the forum has always been polarised.

That several years ago conservatives made the majority of political posters and that a small nomber of them engaged in crussades re trying to shut down liberal posters.

Now it's the reverse: most posters are liberals, and conservatives are in minority.
Most GB liberals are level-headded and talk common sense. Unfortunately, there are also a few GB posters who call themselves "liberals" (which they aren't, because some of the behaviors that they engage in are at odds with the liberal mantra) who engage in chronic stalking and awful personal attacks of conservatives. Their only goal is to run off conservative posters off the board. One by one, starting with the "R-wingers" and then moving on to the moderate conservatives.

What they don't understand is that, no matter how disagreeable the conservatives' posts might sound to some of them (ranging from moderate conservative to raging R-wingers, from uninformed to informed posters), conservative posters are needed, in order to ensure a balanced and challenging debate. Otherwise, there will be no challenge, and the board will just sink into mediocrity.
Plus conservatives make up only a tiny minority of the GB posters, this is a leisure board not real life, so what harm could they actually do?

I was told that the same dynamic (in reverse: conservatives were trolling liberal posters) existed when the board was made predominantly of conservative posters.


How crazy is that! *shakes head*.

 

[oggbashan]

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I was told that the same dynamic (in reverse: conservatives were trolling liberal posters) existed when the board was made predominantly of conservative posters.


How crazy is that! *shakes head*.

It did. I think it is a reflection of the polarisation of US Politics that has occured over the past couple of decades. The rhetoric has become less about issues or how to deal with real problems in the US and the world, and more about personalities.

It isn't just in the US that political debate has become ad hominem - the person not the issues - it's true in the UK too. The Scottish and Brexit referenda were more about who was on each side and what they said or didn't say than the reality of the issues.

In 21st Century political debates in democratic countries:

Both sides are accused of lying; of covering up mistakes; of being criminal; racist; sexist; standing next to unpleasant people; and everything else that can be thrown as mud hoping it will stick.

What is lost in the insults is:

How will they pay for their policies?
What will they stop paying for, or cut funding for?
What will they really change and is that good or bad?

The internet makes it possible to make a mountain out of a molehill in hours and to swamp extended discussion in a flurry of re-tweets.

 

[hashtag45]

Come to think of it: you might be right Ogg, and this might be a virus that has spread widely, all over the world.

As I mentioned before, I was born in S Eu, but I also live(d) in Nz and Australia.
And because of what I saw in the forum and some of the massmedia, I was under the misguided impression that non-english speakers and australians were a lot more moderate when it comes to politics, than americans and brits.
- But I'm starting to wonder if my impression was only due to the fact that, prior to joining the forum, I was minimally interested in politics. So I wouldn't really know.


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These things are clear, tho:

1.Like you said: people seem to be even more divided than ever, along the lines of politics, religion, gender rights and so on.
Is it a ploy used by the 1%, to distract us (and also divide et impera) as some keep saying? Could be that too, but I suspect that things are more complex than that.

2.The mainstream mantra in most western countries seems to be a "liberal" one.
How authentically liberal is it? I don't know, because I feel that the word "liberal" has lost it's original meaning. And that it's used very loosely nowadays (by those who know that the notion appeals to most of us) for all sorts of purposes:
- By Elites: as a clever disguise of the movement towards globalisation
- By some laypeople: as a means to either get their own way, or to bully.
At work, for example, I saw litigious individuals make bogus complaints that "X is bigotted and did such and such", if they couldn't get to their target in any other way. When the only bigot was, in fact, the complainant.

 

[NeverEndingMe]

Impressive.

yes, well you are one of those European socialist that are a slave to ignorance and 1934

 

[dan_c00000]

I don't see very many geopolitical discussions here. Plenty about the American political circus but nothing about Brexit or the South China Sea or South Asian happenings or the Middle East or pretty much anywhere else.

So I'm curious, are most people on this forum Americans? And correspondingly are most Literotica readers Americans too?

I'm American.

I'd say about 90% of people on this board aren't capable of understand American politics. If they learned that, for example, most countries in Europe have popular socialist parties they'd die and call me a liar.

 

[hashtag45]

I'm American.

I'd say about 90% of people on this board aren't capable of understand American politics. If they learned that, for example, most countries in Europe have popular socialist parties they'd die and call me a liar.

Don't be so modest. Why not 95%?

 

[Liar]

Most of me is not Americans.

 

[the_kuntess]

I don't see very many geopolitical discussions here. Plenty about the American political circus but nothing about Brexit or the South China Sea or South Asian happenings or the Middle East or pretty much anywhere else.

So I'm curious, are most people on this forum Americans? And correspondingly are most Literotica readers Americans too?

Yep.
But not me...I live in Australia, however, American politics are entertaining....in a hysterical/scary/Armageddon kind of way.

 

[Papa-Joe]

Yep.
But not me...I live in Australia, however, American politics are entertaining....in a hysterical/scary/Armageddon kind of way.

you are so right,we watch a lot of CNN here in Canada looks like another reality Show but like you said very scary

 

[the_kuntess]

you are so right,we watch a lot of CNN here in Canada looks like another reality Show but like you said very scary

Exactly.....who could have 'invented' Trump and had any chance of passing him off as real?

But he lives. In American politics.

 

[JackLuis]

you are so right,we watch a lot of CNN here in Canada looks like another reality Show but like you said very scary

I beg to differ, it's very much like Un-Reality Show, particularly Trump!

 

[underguy1]

It did. I think it is a reflection of the polarisation of US Politics that has occured over the past couple of decades. The rhetoric has become less about issues or how to deal with real problems in the US and the world, and more about personalities.

It isn't just in the US that political debate has become ad hominem - the person not the issues - it's true in the UK too. The Scottish and Brexit referenda were more about who was on each side and what they said or didn't say than the reality of the issues.

In 21st Century political debates in democratic countries:

Both sides are accused of lying; of covering up mistakes; of being criminal; racist; sexist; standing next to unpleasant people; and everything else that can be thrown as mud hoping it will stick.

What is lost in the insults is:

How will they pay for their policies?
What will they stop paying for, or cut funding for?
What will they really change and is that good or bad?

The internet makes it possible to make a mountain out of a molehill in hours and to swamp extended discussion in a flurry of re-tweets.

LOLz. Spoken like a true right wingnut.

Sovereign governments buy things with their own currency, chap. They create it at will.

If you're worrying about how they'll get what they create themselves then more fool you.