Editor,
The Guardian Other Voices item, “Joe Biden, China and Europe” on June 18 was extremely timely and thought provoking.
Editor,
The Guardian Other Voices item, “Joe Biden, China and Europe” on June 18 was extremely timely and thought provoking.
What exactly is the United States’ status in the present day world? We have shaken the faith of many world governments to the core by placing someone with the proven incompetence of the last president at the head of the most powerful nation on Earth. One of our major political parties appear to have departed from a reality and science based entity and allowed itself to be driven by a strong authoritarian strain of obedience to conspiracy theorists. That in and of itself should give pause to anyone thinking of following our lead going forward.
The two or three most important challenges of our time, dealing with climate chaos stemming from human behavior, the insistence on continuing and possibly expanding the existence of thousands of nuclear weapons in our arsenals and the persistent ignoring of the nonsustainability of so much of our activity in overfishing, overuse of our land and continued push toward extinction of so many of the plant and animal species through pollution, and degradation while we ignore the long term effects of our policies.
Being good stewards of creation appears not to be counted among our priorities as much as we think we are. On the bright side, we are capable of change and can use the imperfect brains we have to bring about positive change.
Mike Caggiano
San Mateo
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Mr. Caggiano –an easy answer to your question regarding US status in the present day world. The US had an America First policy under our great President Trump and we now have an America Last policy under bumbling Biden. That pretty much sums it up. After all, is your life better now, or was it better the four years before Biden stole the election? Are you happier with higher crime rates, higher inflation, the higher number of people flooding across the border?
As for your supposed climate chaos bugaboo, as soon as you get the rest of the world onboard with it, especially China, Africa, and soon, India, then let me know. Else the efforts of the US going it alone will keep America Last.
Terence,
You are still welcome to join the real world and reality. You can even bring your bamboo fibers and cheese dust with you.
Thank God your not the President. China and Russia would be eating our lunch.
Mr. Kahl,
Russia and China have been eating our lunch for the past four years. Unfortunately for them they will have indigestion because the sweet and sour sauce is definitely more sour under the current competent administration. Trump, knowing that they had him by the short hairs, served them nothing but sweet sauce on their meals.
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