User talk:Zomputer

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[edit] US influence on Planet Earth

Hi. You posted "the US itself is so globally influential that anyone who shapes America shapes the world" on the Oprah Winfrey talk page and I just wanted to say that is wishful thinking on your part. Either you're a citizen of the US or an Americophile, but in either case you delude yourself.

The influence of the United States on the rest of the World began to wane at the end of the Cold War, and has since been on a continuous downhill slope. Although Bill Clinton's efforts temporarily slowed the fall, since the Supreme Court debacle and George W Bush's ascent to the presidency the influence the USA may have had on the rest of the World has dissipated. The alliance of 27 nations into the European Union, which now totals approximately 130 million people more than the US; the emergence of the Euro as the more solid and stable international currency, ousting the weak Dollar; the consolidation of China as the supreme industrial power of the planet; Russia's regained confidence in its size and importance; India's unstoppable march toward development and progress; and, of course, George W Bush's panoply of lies, deceit, corruption and mercantile self-interest, all combine to render the USA no more significantly influential than any other developed nation.

Obviously, it could have gone the other way, the US's importance could have continued expanding, or at least remained static, but it wasn't to be. The 20th was clearly the Century of the United States, the 21st (in all probability) belongs to China. ↔ Dennywuh 19:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

— Hello. I bow to your well-reasoned argument and agree that Ms Winfrey had a substantial effect on US culture at the time of its maximum international influence, and deservedly can claim to have had consequence worldwide. I just don't like the US press consistently (and unimaginatively) encumbering her with the epithet. ↔ Dennywuh 23:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)