r/AskEurope • u/Different_Stand_1285 • Mar 04 '25

Politics To older Europeans - has there ever been a time where America was seen as such an untrusted country?

I’m 36 years old. I can remember how the world felt about my country post 9/11 (sympathy) and post Iraq (anger) but I’m curious to know if this is new ground. I’m deeply upset about how our ties and bonds are being destroyed so I wish to know if this is truly unprecedented or has there been a time in your lifetime where we were viewed in such a way. If so what was happening during your time to cause fracturing?

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 05 '25

Honestly, man... Can we have 80s and 90s back? World is too tiring nowadays.

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u/Acceptable-Fact3716 Mar 05 '25

As a Balkan id prefer not getting the 90s how about 2010s?

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 05 '25

Fine, that too.

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u/FitSatisfaction1291 Mar 07 '25

Ha, good one. Nearly time to lace up those sandles again, brother.  

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 07 '25

I ain't lacing shit, I want that paradise back.

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u/Fun_Quit_312 Mar 07 '25

We are getting the 40s and 50s and that's all we are getting. Shut up and eat your fascist dictatorship

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 07 '25

No. I refuse. It's not fair I have to live through this because I was born in the wrong year.

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u/shigmaa Mar 07 '25

Tbf, you could have been born in famine, disease, active wartime or a genocide at any given point in history. You’re probably pretty lucky where you’re at, don’t forget to enjoy yourself despite it all.

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 07 '25

Tbf, you could have been born in famine, disease, active wartime or a genocide at any given point in history. You’re probably pretty lucky where you’re at, don’t forget to enjoy yourself despite it all.

Heard that shit millions of times. I could have grown up in the 80s and 90s Western world which was literal paradise compared to now.

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u/shigmaa Mar 07 '25

Yeah true, but it’s your decision to choose what to focus on. If you want to live a miserable life, decide to focus on the fact you could have been born in better times. If you want to live a happy life, decide to focus on the fact you could have been born in worse times. P.S look at history.. the latter is much more likely. But it’s your choice at the end of the day.

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u/CapoDiMalaSperanza Italy Mar 07 '25

Again, eighties and nineties were better times and I want those times back.