Is anyone here from a country NOT called USA where they pile up a bunch of people in the background of a politician who then gets applause for everything?

I have literally never seen this in Europe. In Germany, we'd probably consider this "weird" in case our politicians did that. Feels a bit like clicking the thumbs-up button of my own social media post...

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[–] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Very USA-based. In Australia, we'd be giving him the finger, shouting, and probably throwing Vegemite sandwiches at him. No, that wasn't an exaggeration. Someone once threw a vegemite sandwich at former Prime Minister Julia Gillard. And someone once hit professional dickhead, Fraser Anning, with an egg.

Also in Australia, it's usually a couple of noddies standing behind the politician as he or she waffles on. Often different people each time, the noddies stand and nod when the politician makes a point the politician wants people to see is right. Noddies probably influence a lot more elections in Australia than people think.

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