In my opinion, the brands America and California are far too strong and if there is any negative impact at all, it is only temporary. America and American democracy has always operated differently, especially with generally very calm and agreeable East Asia with far fewer protests. California in particular has a storied history of sometimes rowdy protests, so that has always been part of the brand.
I would describe the sentiment abroad more as "curiosity". One data point that supports this perspective are foreign tourism arrival numbers that have been pretty steady. Somehow, the media likes to report doomsday stories about how tourism is collapsing but that is absolutely not reflected in arrival statistics (with Canada being the only exception).
I think we will always have 'some' of that curiosity as you call it. But interest and power does wane across time. The US is already showing it no longer wants to be the world leader, and California is having real cracks in its cultural power recently. Both things might be a blip, and we right track. However, it only takes a generation or so before fractures are long-lasting. It's starting now, hope we can stop and repair.
Americans and America have always been rowdy and patently insane compared to most places (I beg yall to look at the news from any decade in the last like 200 years), and it’s politics fights are often loud, rambunctious and out in the open. The difference now is that social media has made it so that anyone anywhere in the world can see it real time.
And I think people often mistake that rambunctiousness and slightly off kilter feel to American politics as awful, instead of the seeds that allow for constant renewal
Maybe but a lot of that was probably related to the amount of alcohol we consumed. A lot of the population was just continually buzzed throughout the day. The temperance movement and then prohibition changed behaviors long after they ended.
When I mentioned “any decade from the last 200 years” that means post temperance movement”. Hell the last last 20 years have been nuts and that’s with alcohol consumption falling
I personally think we should treat everyone, with dignity and respect but considering that tourism and students make a tiny fraction of our economy and America is notoriously insular, I don’t imagine their views will be regarded at all
In my opinion, the brands America and California are far too strong and if there is any negative impact at all, it is only temporary. America and American democracy has always operated differently, especially with generally very calm and agreeable East Asia with far fewer protests. California in particular has a storied history of sometimes rowdy protests, so that has always been part of the brand.
I would describe the sentiment abroad more as "curiosity". One data point that supports this perspective are foreign tourism arrival numbers that have been pretty steady. Somehow, the media likes to report doomsday stories about how tourism is collapsing but that is absolutely not reflected in arrival statistics (with Canada being the only exception).
I think we will always have 'some' of that curiosity as you call it. But interest and power does wane across time. The US is already showing it no longer wants to be the world leader, and California is having real cracks in its cultural power recently. Both things might be a blip, and we right track. However, it only takes a generation or so before fractures are long-lasting. It's starting now, hope we can stop and repair.
Americans and America have always been rowdy and patently insane compared to most places (I beg yall to look at the news from any decade in the last like 200 years), and it’s politics fights are often loud, rambunctious and out in the open. The difference now is that social media has made it so that anyone anywhere in the world can see it real time.
And I think people often mistake that rambunctiousness and slightly off kilter feel to American politics as awful, instead of the seeds that allow for constant renewal
Maybe but a lot of that was probably related to the amount of alcohol we consumed. A lot of the population was just continually buzzed throughout the day. The temperance movement and then prohibition changed behaviors long after they ended.
In terms of students and visitors, 200 years ago these were not really important sectors. Now they are. Too many stories of mistreatment of an important part of the economy. https://www.collegetowns.org/p/deporting-international-students
When I mentioned “any decade from the last 200 years” that means post temperance movement”. Hell the last last 20 years have been nuts and that’s with alcohol consumption falling
I personally think we should treat everyone, with dignity and respect but considering that tourism and students make a tiny fraction of our economy and America is notoriously insular, I don’t imagine their views will be regarded at all
100%! US politics has always been more 'gloves off'. It's not a bug, it's a feature!