It doesn't need to be about either one of us. This is narcissistic thinking.

When something politically significant happens in the EU, it gets contained in the political community hell. When something politically significant happens in the USA, it's forced everywhere and you can't escape it even if you don't give the slightest of fucks.

In fairness, Europe was the punching bag of its neighbors for the 1000 years prior.

But otherwise, I gotta say, I've been hearing a lot more about global geopolitics as a matter of public interest generally speaking. All the Latin American elections are big news, especially with Brazil being the latest pink-tide domino to fail. The Pacific Rim states regularly make headlines. Everyone who has even a casual eye towards global affairs is keyed up on the BJP anti-democratic turn on the eve of India's general election. Americans are watching with bated breath on every election from the UK to Hungary, given how they threaten to shape the Ukraine/Russia war.

If anything, American politics hasn't been getting as much coverage by comparison. It's weird not to have the entire month of October be one Surprise after another, during an election year. Hell, we skated right through prime Silly Season in August and everyone was too fixated on diesel prices and AI stocks to notice political bullshit.

Y'all got off easy this time.