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Comment by 0xDEAFBEAD

8 days ago

The US economy is one of the world's most diverse in terms of exports:

https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/...

Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN?

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TulliusCicero  8 days ago

> Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN?

Look at basically any domain: whoever's in the lead, gets the most hate.

The US has the world's biggest economy and military, the most cultural power, the biggest tech industry, etc. The hate is inevitable. That's not to say that the US doesn't have plenty of very real problems -- obviously it does -- but it's just easier to dunk on the leader, which also means more empty, vacuous criticism.

flakeoil  7 days ago

> Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN?

Firstly, it's the US government themselves saying there are imbalances and therefore they have to add tariffs on imports from almost every country. It's the US government who spreads hate towards most other countries, not the other way around.

Secondly, could it be because people living in the US seem to not notice (or don't want to believe) the US is turning into a dictatorship and the rest of the world does. People don't like the new values of the USA, they liked the old values. If it continues like this, it's game over for the USA.