"If America Rules the World, Then 8.1 Billion Citizens Should 'B' Qualified To Vote in U.S. Presidential Elections, Fair Enough ?"
This morning, as I scrolled through my social media feed, I suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion. It hit me like a brick: everything I was looking at—whether it was about P. Diddy, some random celebrity news, or a piece on the U.S. economy—was American. All of it. Not a single piece of content that popped up in front of me had anything to do with anywhere else in the world.
It wasn’t that I’d gone looking for this stuff, either.
It just happened to be what was served up. And, for the first time, I really noticed it, like I’d been breathing in American culture and media for so long that I didn’t even realize how overwhelming it had become.
This endless stream of U.S.-centric content, news, and trends felt infantile, even irrelevant, given where I am in life. I’m not a teenager, yet it seems that the whole world is geared towards that kind of shallow, hyper-consumable vibe.
It made me stop and wonder—why does everything feel so alien here, so…American?
Why does so much of what we see, learn, and engage with on a daily basis come from one country? And more importantly, why don’t we have any control over it?
We talk about American hegemony as if it’s just about military or political dominance, but that’s not even the half of it. It’s the subtle, daily bombardment of culture, news, and entertainment that shapes how we see the world.
Whether it's Hollywood films, social networks like Twitter now called X, Insta, Facebook, ETC or even the economic analyses that drive global markets, America’s shadow is massive, large. But most of us have no choice in the matter. We are soaked in it from birth to death, with no opt-out button.
And it’s tiring. It feels like there’s little directly or personally relative in the stories we see, the voices we hear, and the narratives we yam up. Sure, we live in a globalized world, but it’s a world where the U.S. dominates the conversation—leaving little room for the richness of everything beyond its borders.
In a way, it’s like being part of a system where we’re all unofficial Americans.
We’re influenced by their politics, affected by their economic policies, and shaped by their cultural exports. If the U.S. sneezes, we all catch a cold. So, why don't we have a say?
If we’re all participants in this global American experiment, shouldn’t we all have a voice in the decisions that shape the world?
It’s not just about watching American films or scrolling through their social networks—it’s about the fact that their elections, their leaders, and their laws decide for all of us, globally, directly or indirectly, yes '?'.
If America’s influence is unavoidable, maybe the world should get to vote in US elections at least on a presidential level. After all, whether we like it or not, we’re already deeply affected by their choices .
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