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Warp wrote:
> At least with the two (or maybe three) last presidents of the Unite States,
> it seems that approximately half of the US citizens adore him and the other
> half hates his guts, while the rest of the world practically unanimously does
> either one.
>
> Has this always been so in the US, or is it a modern phenomenon? Just
> curious (as I don't know too much about US's history).
>
Can't answer the question, but one observation I have in relation to it.
(Remember I am a Canadian living in the States for 25 years or so.)
What is particularly noticeable to me is how Americans treat presidents
in a very immediate and personal way. They react to the man not the
office and react to the personality. This is probably been intensified
with mass media culture, but I expect that it has always been a
component of their politics.
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