It has often been difficult to explain the crazy oscillations in American politics and policies to European colleagues. Citizens of more homogenous countries find it difficult to imagine the scale of the United States (nearly the size of Europe, including European Russia) or the heterogeneity of American culture. Most Europeans find it hard to picture the US as more nearly equivalent to half a dozen assorted European nations than a single large European state like France of Germany. This makes it shocking when the same country that elects W. Bush and Dick Cheney reverses course and elects Barrack Obama.
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