Because it has the largest GDP, largest military, and largest entertainment industry, and is home to the world's largest companies. So it's kind of an important country that affects other countries directly and indirectly all the time.

[–] CoolBeance@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fair, I suppose because the US tends to be belittled so often online so I never made the connection to those sizable facts. It's a bit too much still though, don't you think? News about the US somehow always taking over headlines? The world always looks at the US. There's always something about Elon Musk or the American government even on Lemmy's "non-Reddit-exodus" instances. When Apple releases a new phone, people won't stop talking about it positively and negatively. Europe does a better job with most things yet it's less common to find them in the spotlight.

[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Europe isn't a country, it's a continent. I see individual countries in Europe discusses frequently, but none of them are even close to the US in size and influence. Even the entire3 EU combined has a lower GDP and smaller military than the US.

The US is the world superpower, annoying as that is, and until it is no longer the dominant superpower it's going to dominate the news.