When any American responds to me in a comment reading “Why do you care about US politics so much, go worry about your own Canadian problems”, this pretty much gets to why, and this video does well to go through the entire history from the days of European settlement to modern times.

I’d love to be able to not worry about US politics, but US politics gets pushed on the world both in publicity and in actual ramifications. In other words if Americsns could mind their own business for a bit then I wouldn’t need to constantly chime into American politics. The US media apparatus has gotten so bad at coverage and complacent, that I am seeing cbc.ca and CTV news frequently cited here on US politics communities over American outlets, as our outlets are providing the most comprehensive coverage on their own goddamn news.